Paleointensity record from the 2.7 Ga Stillwater Complex, Montana

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Selkin, P A ^a   Gee, J S ^b   Meurer, W P ^c   Hemming, S R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Core processes; Modified thellier coe method; Paleointensity; Stillwater complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249104242     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001950     Document Type: Article

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