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McElhinny & Evans 1968
McElhinny, M.W. and Evans, M.E. (1968). An investigation of the strength of the geomagnetic field in the early Precambrian. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1(7): 485-497. doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(68)90017-4.
Paleointensity investigations, use of total thermoremanent magmetization method, Modipe gabbro (Botswana) samples dated at 2700 m.y., field strength approximately 1.5 times present strength
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Africa; Botswana; geochronology; geomagnetic field; intensity;, magnetic field; Magnetic field, Earth; modipe gabbro;, paleomagnetism; Precambrian; Southern Africa, 18, Solid-earth geophysics
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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
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