Geomagnetic field evolution during the Laschamp excursion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Leonhardt, Roman ^a   Fabian, Karl ^b   Winklhofer, Michael ^c   Ferk, Annika ^a,c   Laj, Carlo ^d   Kissel, Catherine ^d  

^a Montanuniversity ^*  (Austria)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

excursion; geomagnetism; Laschamp; palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INVERSIONS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARIES; DIPOLAR FIELDS; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELDS; EARTH'S SURFACES; EXCURSION; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INVERSE MODELS; LASCHAMP; LOCAL FIELDS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; POLARITY REVERSALS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EARTH (PLANET); FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

GEOMAGNETISM;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA INVERSION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TIMESCALE;

FABIA;

EID: 59049096624     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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