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IAGA global paleomagnetic database [electronic resource]

Responsibility: adapted for Internet by the Geological Survey of Norway.
Imprint: [Norway] : Geological Survey of Norway, [1997?]-

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Description

Creators/Contributors

Contributor: International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy.; Norges geologiske undersøkelse.

Contents/Summary

Summary: Database of all published paleomagnetic data from 1920- . ASCII files of data may be downloaded into the user's computer for manipulation, and the palaeogeographic reconstruction program GMAP of Torsvik and Smethurst has been modified to read the ASCII files directly. A copy of the modified GMAP program can be downloaded from this site.

Subjects

Subjects: Paleomagnetism > Observations > Databases.; Geomagnetism > Observations > Databases.; Rocks > Magnetic properties > Observations > Databases.; Paleogeography > Software.
Database topics: Earth Sciences

Bibliographic information

Beginning date: 1990
Title variation: HTML Title: Global paleomagneic database live; Global paleomagnetic database
File characteristics: Computer data and programs.
Note: Title from home page, viewed Sept. 2, 1998.; Updated and maintained by the International Association of Geomatnetism and Aeronomy.
Format: Mode of access: Available over the Internet via the World Wide Web.
Included Work: GMAP

Librarian view | Catkey: 3941589