Behaviour of the geomagnetic field during the Matuyama-Brunhes polarity transition

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 163-178

  Ingham, Malcolm ^a   Turner, Gillian ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gauss coefficients; Geomagnetic field; Matuyama Brunhes polarity transition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AXIAL DIPOLE; DIPOLE FIELDS; GAUSS COEFFICIENTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TRANSITION; MATRIX INVERSIONS; MATUYAMA-BRUNHES POLARITY TRANSITION; PALAEOINTENSITY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIME INTERVALS; TIME SCALING; TIME SPAN;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

BRUNHES CHRON; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 49749129998     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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