Radiometric and paleomagnetic evidence for the Emperor reversed polarity event at 0.46 ± 0.05 M.Y. in basalt lava flows from the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Geophysical Research Letters
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Abstract

K-Ar and paleomagnetic data from cores through a sequence of basalt flows in the eastern Snake River Plain provide evidence for a brief (0.005 to 0.01 m.y.) reversal of the geomagnetic field 0.46 ± 0.05 m.y. ago. This reversed polarity event has also been found in sea-floor magnetic anomalies and in sediment cores and is probably the Emperor event of Ryan [1972].

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Radiometric and paleomagnetic evidence for the Emperor reversed polarity event at 0.46 ± 0.05 M.Y. in basalt lava flows from the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Series title Geophysical Research Letters
DOI 10.1029/GL008i010p01055
Volume 8
Issue 10
Year Published 1981
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 4 p.
First page 1055
Last page 1058
Country United States
State Idaho, Oregon
Other Geospatial Snake River Plain
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