Variations of magnetic properties in thin lava flow profiles: Implications for the recording of the Laschamp Excursion

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 200-201, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-27

  Vérard, Christian ^a   Leonhardt, Roman ^a,b   Winklhofer, Michael ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Laschamp Excursion; Magnetic mineralogy; Palaeodirection; Palaeointensity

Indexed keywords

EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ICELANDS; LASCHAMP; LAVA FLOWS; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAEODIRECTION; PALAEOINTENSITY; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; SURROUNDING MATRIX;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 84860511306     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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