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Geomagnetic Polarity Zones for Icelandic Lavas

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Analysis of cores collected from a sequence of lavas in Eastern Iceland has made possible an accurate calculation of the average rate of reversal of the Earth's magnetic field.

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  1. Sub-department of Geophysics, University of Liverpool,

    P. DAGLEY, R. L. WILSON & J. M. ADE-HALL

  2. Department of Geology, Imperial College, University of London,

    G. P. L. WALKER & S. E. HAGGERTY

  3. University of Iceland,

    T. SIGURGEIRSSON

  4. Department of Geology, Florida State University,

    N. D. WATKINS

  5. USGS, Menlo Park, California

    P. J. SMITH

  6. Pilkington Perkin-Elmer Ltd., St Asaph, North Wales

    J. EDWARDS

  7. Department of Physics, University of Toronto,

    R. L. GRASTY

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DAGLEY, P., WILSON, R., ADE-HALL, J. et al. Geomagnetic Polarity Zones for Icelandic Lavas. Nature 216, 25–29 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216025a0

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