Paleomagnetism of the Datong monogenetic volcanoes in China: Paleodirection and paleointensity during the middle to early Brunhes Chron

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 727-746

  Yamamoto, Y ^a,c   Tsunakawa, H ^b   Shaw, J ^a   Kono, Masaru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brunhes Chron; Datong Volcano; LTD DHT Shaw method; Paleointensity; Paleosecular variation

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; DATA SET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; DATONG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 34547974475     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352736     Document Type: Article

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