A simple test for the presence of multidomain behavior during paleointensity experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Paterson, Greig A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAIN SIZE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 80055036305     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008369     Document Type: Article

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