Geomagnetic secular variation in the Cretaceous Normal Superchron and in the Jurassic

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 3-19

  Biggin, Andrew J ^a   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a,b   Langereis, Cor G ^a   Straathof, Gijs B ^a,b   Deenen, Martijn H L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Geomagnetic field; Jurassic; Palaeomagnetism; Secular variation; Superchron

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM;

AVERAGE RATE; CRETACEOUS; DYNAMO ACTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY; GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION; JURASSIC; JURASSIC PERIOD; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SUPERCHRON;

MAGNETISM;

CRETACEOUS; DATABASE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; JURASSIC; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 52949105719     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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