Refining the quaternary geomagnetic instability time scale (GITS): Lava flow recordings of the blake and post-blake excursions

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-28

  Singer, Brad S ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^b   Jicha, Brian R ^a   Zanella, Elena ^c   Camps, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Geomagnetic field lava excursion

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRUNHES CHRON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; AUVERGNE; ESSONNE; FRANCE; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; GIF SUR YVETTE; HAUTE LOIRE; ILE DE FRANCE; ITALY; LAC DU BOUCHET; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; NEW MEXICO; SICILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897604745     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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