Geomagnetic excursions: Knowns and unknowns

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Authors

Roberts, Andrew

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Geomagnetic excursions are short-lived episodes when Earth's magnetic field deviates into an intermediate polarity state. Understanding the origin, frequency, amplitude, duration, and field behavior associated with excursions is a forefront research area

Keywords

Keywords: Atmospherics; Earth sciences; Geochronology; Magnetic fields; Sedimentation; Age controls; Earth's magnetic fields; Geomagnetic excursions; Global distributions; High resolutions; Hypothesis testing; Research areas; Sedimentation rates; Solid earths; Sout

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17373

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geophysical Research Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1029/2008GL034719

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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