Evidence for rapid geomagnetic field intensity variations in Western Europe over the past 800 years from new French archeointensity data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 132-143

  Genevey, Agnès ^a   Gallet, Yves ^b   Rosen, Jean ^c   Le Goff, Maxime ^b  

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

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Laboratoire Archeobotanique   (France)

Author keywords

archeointensity; archeomagnetism; dipole moment; past millennium; secular variation; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOINTENSITY; ARCHEOMAGNETISM; PAST MILLENNIUM; SECULAR VARIATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLAY MINERALS; COOLING; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARTIFACT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67549099062     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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