Secular variation of the Late Archean-Early Proterozoic geodynamo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Smirnov, A V ^a   Tarduno, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANOES;

PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PROTEROZOIC GEODYNAMO;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEODYNAMO; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 7044223106     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020333     Document Type: Article

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