Changing spectrum of geomagnetic intensity variations in a fragmented 12My sediment record from the Oligocene

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 260-269

  Smith Boughner, L T ^a   Ziegler, L B ^a   Constable, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic power spectrum; Geomagnetism; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetic dipole moment; Paleosecular variation; Virtual axial dipole moment

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIPOLE; BROAD SPECTRAL; DATA SETS; DEEP SEA DRILLING; EARLY OLIGOCENE; FIELD STRENGTHS; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOMAGNETIC INTENSITY; IN-FIELD; LATE OLIGOCENE; MARINE MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OLIGOCENE; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOINTENSITY DATA; PALEOMAGNETIC POWER SPECTRUM; PALEOSECULAR VARIATIONS; POWER LEVELS; RELATIVE INTENSITY; REVERSAL PROCESS; SECULAR VARIATION; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-PERIODS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; POWER SPECTRUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 82455179475     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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