Comparison between the microwave and multispecimen parallel difference pTRM paleointensity methods

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-394

  Böhnel, Harald N ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^b   Delgado Argote, Luis A ^c   Gratton, Martin N ^d,e  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paleointensity

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMAL ALTERATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN QUINTIN BAY;

EID: 64949167960     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04036.x     Document Type: Article

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