Reconstructing holocene geomagnetic field variation: New methods, models and implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-248

  Nilsson, Andreas ^a   Holme, Richard ^a   Korte, Monika ^b   Suttie, Neil ^a   Hill, Mimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetic secular variation

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATIONS; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 84905918453     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu120     Document Type: Article

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