Assessing the importance and expression of the 6 year geomagnetic oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Silva, L ^a   Jackson, L ^a   Mound, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; PERIODICITY; SECULAR VARIATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84867542300     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009405     Document Type: Article

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