Further K-Ar dating and paleomagnetic study of the Auckland geomagnetic excursions

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 755-761

  Mochizuki, Nobutatsu ^a,e   Tsunakawa, Hideo ^a   Shibuya, Hidetoshi ^b   Tagami, Takahiro ^c   Ozawa, Ayako ^a   Smith, Ian E M ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auckland excursion; Auckland volcanic field; K Ar age; Laschamp excursion; Mono Lake excursion; Paleointensity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547964529     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352738     Document Type: Article

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