Geomagnetic field intensity recorded after impact in the Ries meteorite crater, Germany

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 383-390

  Koch, Stephan A ^a   Gilder, Stuart A ^a   Pohl, Jean ^a   Trepmann, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impact phenomena; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetic secular variation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; DATA SELECTION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GERMANY; IMPACT PHENOMENA; METEORITE CRATER; METEORITE IMPACT; PALAEOINTENSITY; SECULAR VARIATION; TIME-AVERAGED; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DATA REDUCTION; GEOMAGNETISM;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CRATER; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; METEORITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 84858615648     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05399.x     Document Type: Article

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