Archaeomagnetic study of five mounds from Upper Mesopotamia between 2500 and 700 BCE: Further evidence for an extremely strong geomagnetic field ca. 3000 years ago

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 357-358, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-98

  Ertepinar, P ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Biggin, A J ^b   Frangipane, M ^c   Matney, T ^d   Okse T ^e   Engin, A ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetic spikes; Secular variation; Turkey; Upper Mesopotamia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOINTENSITY; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETIC SPIKES; MESOPOTAMIA; SECULAR VARIATION; TURKEY;

DEMAGNETIZATION; LITHOLOGY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

DATABASE; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; SECULAR VARIATION;

MESOPOTAMIA; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 84867592406     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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