Absolute paleointensity at 1.27 Ga from the mackenzie dyke swarm (Canada)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  MacOuin, M ^a,b   Valet, J P ^a   Besse, J ^a   Ernst, R E ^c  

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

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Paleointensity; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349986536     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000960     Document Type: Article

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