Evidence for a very-long-term trend in geomagnetic secular variation

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Biggin, Andrew J ^a   Strik, Geert H M A ^a   Langereis, Cor G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 52949109604     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo181     Document Type: Article

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