Paleointensity estimates from ignimbrites: An evaluation of the Bishop Tuff

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gee, Jeffrey S ^a   Yu, Yongjae ^b   Bowles, Julie ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash flow; Geomagnetic intensity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; WELDING;

ASH FLOW; EMPLACEMENT TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; SINGLE-DOMAIN SIZE; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; THERMOMAGNETIC CURVES;

REMANENCE;

EID: 84877970598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002834     Document Type: Article

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