Analyzing absolute paleointensity determinations: Acceptance criteria and the software ThellierTool4.0

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Leonhardt, R ^a   Heunemann, C ^a   Krasa, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549004395     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000807     Document Type: Article

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