Magnetostratigraphy-concepts, definitions, and applications

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-233

  Langereis, G ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^a   Muttoni, Giovanni ^b   Menning, Manfred ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 77954261737     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2010/0043-0207     Document Type: Article

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