The Laschamp geomagnetic field excursion recorded in Icelandic lavas

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Ferk, A ^a,b   Leonhardt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excursion; Geomagnetism; Iceland; Laschamp; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIPOLE; DIPOLE FIELDS; EXCURSION; FIELD GEOMETRY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; ICELAND; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; INTENSITY VALUES; LASCHAMP; LAVA FLOWS; MARINE RECORD; NON-DIPOLE; NORTH AFRICA; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALEO-INTENSITIES; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOINTENSITY DATA; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SELF-REVERSAL; TEPHRA LAYERS; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

DEMAGNETIZATION; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; POLES; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

AGE DETERMINATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; TEPHRA; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TIMESCALE; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTH AFRICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); REYKJANES PENINSULA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349838503     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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