Paleointensity study of late Miocene igneous rocks from British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Symons, D. T. A., Schwarz, E. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1970
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Canada; British Columbia; Fields Peak; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-013; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-013

Sixty-nine specimens representing 49 late Miocene (10–15 m.y. ago) basaltic lava flows and 4 associated gabbroic intrusive plugs were studied in an attempt to estimate the paleointensity of the earth's magnetic field in south-central British Columbia. The paleointensity determination was based...