Testing corrections for paleomagnetic inclination error in sedimentary rocks: A comparative approach

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 152-165

  Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Kodama, Kenneth P ^b   Kent, Dennis V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic field behavior; Inclination flattening (shallowing); Magnetic anisotropy; Paleosecular variation models

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GEOMAGNETISM; LUTETIUM; MAGNETISM; REMANENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TESTING;

CENOZOIC; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; CORRECTION METHODS; DATA SETS; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD BEHAVIOR; INCLINATION FLATTENING (SHALLOWING); JACKSON; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LAVA FLOWS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOSECULAR VARIATION MODELS; PAPER TESTING; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SAMPLE SIZES; SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS; VARIATION MODELS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MODELING; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 52949086798     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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