New archaeointensity results from Scandinavia and Bulgaria. Rock-magnetic studies inference and geophysical application

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 229-247

  Donadini, F ^a,b   Kovacheva, M ^c   Kostadinova, M ^c   Casas, Ll ^d   Pesonen, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Palaeointensity; Rock magnetic study

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEOINTENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOINTENSITY;

ROCKS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36549066591     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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