The Kamikatsura event and the Matuyama-Brunhes reversal recorded in lavas from Tjörnes Peninsula, northern Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Camps, P ^a   Singer, B S ^b   Carvallo, C ^c   Goguitchaichvili, A ^d   Fanjat, G ^a   Allen, B ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Iceland; Matuyama Brunhes reversal; Paleointensity; Tj rnes

Indexed keywords

AR-AR DATING; ARITHMETIC MEAN; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; ICELANDS; ISOCHRON AGE; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; MATUYAMA BRUNHES REVERSAL; MULTI DOMAINS; PALEOINTENSITY; POLARITY CHANGE; ROCK SAMPLE; TIME WINDOWS; TITANOMAGNETITES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PILES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY;

ICELAND;

EID: 80054065931     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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