Palaeomagnetic secular variation and rock-magnetic studies of Holocene sediments from a maar lake (Hoya de San Nicolas) in Central Mexico

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 462-476

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a,b   Böhnel, Harald N ^a   Byrne, Roger ^c   Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^d   Molina Garza, Roberto S ^a   Park, Jungjae ^c   Negendank, Jörg F W ^d  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; HYSTERESIS; MAAR; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

GUANAJUATO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 54849441456     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03893.x     Document Type: Article

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