Assessment of the usefulness of lithic clasts from pyroclastic deposits for paleointensity determination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Paterson, Greig A ^a   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a   MacNiocaill, Conall ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955221406     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006475     Document Type: Article

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