Thellier paleointensity theory and experiments for multidomain grains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Xu, Song ^a   Dunlop, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multidomain grains; Paleointensity determination; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MODELING; PALEOMAGNETISM; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 4644253151     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003024     Document Type: Article

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