Paleomagnetic field intensity derived from non-SD: Testing the Thellier IZZI technique on MD slag and a new bootstrap procedure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 213-224

  Shaar, Ron ^a   Ron, Hagai ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^b   Kessel, Ronit ^a   Agnon, Amotz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archeomagnetism; Multi domain; Paleointensity; Slag; Thellier; TRM

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOMAGNETISM; MULTI DOMAINS; PALEOINTENSITY; THELLIER; TRM;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SLAGS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SLAG;

EID: 80053349331     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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