Paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic survey of Brunhes lava flows from Tancitaro volcano, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-384

  Maciel Pena R ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A ^a   Garduno Monroy V H ^b   Ruiz Martinez, V C ^c   Aguilar Reyes, B ^a   Morales, J ^a   Alva Valdivia, L ^d   Caballero Miranda, C ^d   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brunhes chron; Paleosecular variation; Time averaged field; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; HYSTERESIS; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TITANOMAGNETITE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 70350138495     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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