Secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field in the Balkan region during the last eight millennia based on archaeomagnetic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 603-614

  Tema, E ^a   Kondopoulou, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetic secular variation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; BIVARIATE; BULGARIA; DATA SETS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; EASTERN EUROPE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUNGARY; INTENSITY DATA; MOVING WINDOW; PALAEOINTENSITY; RAPID CHANGES; REFERENCE CURVES; SECULAR VARIATION; SOUTHERN ITALY; THESSALONIKI;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

BALKANS; BULGARIA; GREECE; HUNGARY; ITALY; SERBIA;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79960366764     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05088.x     Document Type: Article

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