Geomagnetic secular variation recorded by sediments deposited during the Cretaceous normal superchron at low latitude

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 245-260

  Linder, Julia ^a   Gilder, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous normal superchron; Greigite; Paleomagnetism; Paleosecular variation; Peru

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS NORMAL SUPERCHRON; GREIGITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSECULAR VARIATIONS; PERU;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DEMAGNETIZATION;

CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; DEPOSITION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; GREIGITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

PERU;

EID: 80053198871     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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