New directional archaeomagnetic data of burned cave sediments from Switzerland and geomagnetic field variations in Central Europe

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1208-1221

  Kapper, K L ^a   Donadini, F ^a   Mauvilly, M ^b   Panovska, S ^c   Hirt, A M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Amt für Archäologie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CHIMNEYS; GEOMAGNETISM; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS;

EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; EUROPE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; PALAEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATIONS; PENALIZED LEAST-SQUARES; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK AND MINERAL MAGNETISMS; ROCK-MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

CAVE SYSTEM; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MESOLITHIC; MINERAL PROPERTY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SECULAR VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84904015683     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu184     Document Type: Article

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