Paleointensity determination using anhysteretic remanence and saturation isothermal remanence

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Yongjae ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anhysteretic remanence; Isothermal remanence; Magnetic field; Paleointensity; Saturation; Thermoremanence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249086595     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002804     Document Type: Article

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