Testing determinations of absolute paleointensity from the 1955 and 1960 Hawaiian flows

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 420-433

  Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^a   Valet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

Author keywords

field; geomagnetism; magnetism; magnetization; paleointensity; paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARAMETER; EXPECTED VALUES; FIELD; GRAIN SIZE; KILAUEA VOLCANO; MAGNETIC PHASIS; MEAN VALUES; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRAIGHT LINES; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA;

DISPERSIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON ORES; MAGNETS; OXIDE MINERALS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350214352     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.035     Document Type: Article

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