Plate tectonics may control geomagnetic reversal frequency

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Petrelis F ^a   Besse, J ^b   Valet, J P ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

20TH CENTURY; ASYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL SYMMETRIES; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SURFACE INFLUENCES;

TECTONICS;

ASYMMETRY; CORE (PLANETARY); GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; SYMMETRY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 80053949449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048784     Document Type: Article

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