Application of copper slag in geomagnetic archaeointensity research

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Ben Yosef, E ^a,d   Ron, Hagai ^a   Tauxe, L ^b   Agnon, Amotz ^a   Genevey, Agnes ^c   Levy, T E ^d   Avner, Uzi ^e   Najjar, M ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

^f NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DATA SET; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; METALLURGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RESEARCH WORK; SLAG;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 55949108373     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005235     Document Type: Article

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