The Gilsá excursion and the Matuyama/Brunhes transition recorded in 40Ar/39Ar dated lavas from Lanai and Maui, Hawaiian Islands

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-58

  Leonhardt, R ^a   McWilliams, M ^b   Heider, F ^c   Soffel, H C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic excursions; Palaeointensity; Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOT SPOT; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; LANAI; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349999207     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04264.x     Document Type: Article

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