A high-resolution Holocene paleomagnetic secular variation and relative paleointensity stack from eastern Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 162-174

  Barletta, F ^a,b   St Onge, G ^a,b,c   Stoner, J S ^b,c   Lajeunesse, P ^b,d   Locat, J ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche en Géochimie et Géodynamique GEOTOP   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern Canada; Holocene; Laurentian Channel; Paleomagnetic secular variation stack; Relative paleointensity

Indexed keywords

EASTERN CANADA; HOLOCENES; LAURENTIAN; PALEOINTENSITY; SECULAR VARIATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LAURENTIAN CHANNEL;

EID: 77957257317     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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