Geomagnetic secular variation and the statistics of palaeomagnetic directions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-520

  Deenen, Martijn H L ^a   Langereis, Cor G ^a   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a,b   Biggin, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION; INCLINATION ERRORS; LOWER LIMITS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RELIABILITY CRITERION; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; SECULAR VARIATION; UPPER LIMITS;

TECTONICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOSTATISTICS; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 79960351576     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05050.x     Document Type: Article

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