The "Van Zijl" Jurassic geomagnetic reversal revisited

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Moulin, Maud ^a,b,c   Courtillot, Vincent ^a,b   Fluteau, Frédéric ^a,b   Valet, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Jurassic; Karoo large igneous province; paleointensity; paleomagnetism; reversals

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS;

JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REVERSALS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84858689831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003910     Document Type: Article

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