First directional European palaeosecular variation curve for the Neolithic based on archaeomagnetic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 380, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-137

  Carrancho, A ^a   Villalain J J ^a   Pavon Carrasco F J ^b,c   Osete, M L ^c,d   Straus, L G ^e,i   Verges J M ^f,g   Carretero, J M ^a   Angelucci, D E ^h   Gonzalez Morales M R ⁱ   Arsuaga, J L ^c,j   Bermudez de Castro J M ^k   Carbonell, E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES PREHISTÓRICAS DE CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^j Centro UCM ISCIII para la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos   (Spain)

^k CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Archaeology; Archaeomagnetism; Neolithic; Rock magnetism; Secular variation; Thermoremanence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; NEOLITHIC; ROCK-MAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMOREMANENCE;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETITE;

MAGNETIZATION;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CAVE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84883744754     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

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