Lunar paleointensity measurements: Implications for lunar magnetic evolution

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 71-87

  Lawrence, Kristin ^a   Johnson, Catherine ^a,b   Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Gee, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lunar dynamo; Moon; Paleointensity; Remanent magnetism; sIRM; Thellier Thellier

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ABSOLUTE INTENSITIES; CRUSTAL MAGNETISM; DYNAMO MODELS; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (SIRM); LOW INTENSITY; LUNAR SAMPLES; MAGNETIC (CE); MULTI COMPONENT BEHAVIOR; MULTI COMPONENTS; PALEO INTENSITIES; PALEOINTENSITY DATA; RE EVALUATION; RELATIVE MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE PALEOINTENSITY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATURATION ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (SIRM); SURFACE FIELDS;

GEODYNAMO; LUNAR CRUST; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MOON; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 46849099646     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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