Mineral magnetic studies of archaeological samples: Implications for sample selection for paleointensity determinations

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-585

  Cui, Yulong ^a   Verosub, Kenneth L ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Kovacheva, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 7044251918     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
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