Paleointensity of the ancient Martian magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Weiss, Benjamin P ^a   Fong, Luis E ^a,b   Vali, Hojatollah ^c   Lima, Eduardo A ^a   Baudenbacher, Franz J ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GALLIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; METEORITES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS;

CLIMATIC EVOLUTIONS; CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS; MARTIAN METEORITES; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PALEOINTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES; REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; THERMOREMANENCE;

MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN METEORITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 60149111411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035585     Document Type: Article

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