Evaluation of the multispecimen parallel differential pTRM method: A test on historical lavas from Iceland and Mexico

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-420

  Michalk, Daniel M ^a   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^b   Böhnel, Harald N ^c   Maclennan, John ^d   Nowaczyk, Norbert ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palaeointensity; Remagnetization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CURIE POINT; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 42349116265     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03740.x     Document Type: Article

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