Magnetofossil spike during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Ferromagnetic resonance, rock magnetic, and electron microscopy evidence from Ancora, New Jersey, United States

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kopp, Robert E ^a,b   Raub, Timothy D ^a,c   Schumann, Dirk ^d   Vali, Hojatollah ^d   Smirnov, Alexei V ^c,e   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39749169020     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001473     Document Type: Article

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