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Geomagnetic paleosecular variation in the Brunhes period, from the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands)

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dc.contributor Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
dc.contributor Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (France)
dc.contributor North Atlantic Treaty Organization
dc.contributor Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
dc.creator Széréméta, Nadia
dc.creator Laj, Carlo
dc.creator Guillou, Hervé
dc.creator Kissel, Catherine
dc.creator Mazaud, Alain
dc.creator Carracedo, Juan Carlos
dc.date 2008-06-03T12:22:03Z
dc.date 2008-06-03T12:22:03Z
dc.date 1999-01-21
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:33:25Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:33:25Z
dc.identifier Earth and Planetary Science Letters 165(3-4): 241-253 (1999)
dc.identifier 0012-821X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4775
dc.identifier 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00270-2
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4775
dc.description 13 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables.-- Printed version published Frb 15, 1999.
dc.description We have sampled a sequence of 69 flows in the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands). 46 of them belong to the El Golfo formation and 23 to the most recent rift formation. Radiometric dating brackets this section between 442 ka and 134 ka with six intermediate datings. All the samples were stepwise demagnetized, partly with alternative field, partly thermally with very similar results. The large majority of the samples are characterized by a single stable component of magnetization. ChRM isolated after the first steps of demagnetization are all of normal polarity. Inclinations are on average shallower than expected from a geocentered dipole field, but consistent with results from other areas at the same latitude. Mean declinations of the rift and El Golfo sequences are both easterly deviated (about 5° and 15° respectively) and significantly different suggesting that the section has undergone a progressive clockwise rotation. VGP scatter and directional scatter calculated for the rift sequence are consistent with available data from other geographical areas, and also with recent models of paleosecular variation. On the other hand, a significantly smaller directional scatter is obtained for the lower El Golfo sequence, suggesting that a period of low secular variation occurred in the Canary Islands area between approximately 440 and 260 ka.
dc.description This work was supported in France by the CEA and the CNRS, and in Spain by the CSIC. The authors also gratefully acknowledge financial help for the field trips by NATO Grant N°CRG 940609. The PhD grant for N.S. was given by the CEA.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00270-2
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.subject Secular variations
dc.subject Magnetic field
dc.subject Absolute age
dc.subject Canary Islands
dc.title Geomagnetic paleosecular variation in the Brunhes period, from the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands)
dc.type Artículo


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