The Iceland Basin excursion: Age, duration, and excursion field geometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4920-4935

  Channell, J E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

geomagnetic excursions; Iceland Basin excursion; North Atlantic; relative paleointensity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; ICELAND BASIN; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NORTH ATLANTIC; RELATIVE PALEOINTENSITY; SOUTHERN LATITUDES;

LITHOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIZATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ICELAND BASIN;

EID: 84983561915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005564     Document Type: Article

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