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The strength of the Earth’s magnetic field from Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic, Jordan (Dataset)
Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, or geomagnetic data found in the MagIC data repository from a paper titled: The strength of the Earth’s magnetic field from Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic, Jordan
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- Award ID(s):
- 2126298
- PAR ID:
- 10558675
- Publisher / Repository:
- Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)
- Date Published:
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- Archeologic Baked Clay Ceramic Chert Not Specified 5069 7752 Years BP
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- (Latitude:30.6233; Longitude:35.5061); (Latitude:30.6686; Longitude:35.3793); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718); (Latitude:30.6233; Longitude:35.5061); (Latitude:30.6233; Longitude:35.5061); (Latitude:30.6233; Longitude:35.5061); (Latitude:30.6686; Longitude:35.3793); (Latitude:30.6686; Longitude:35.3793); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6724; Longitude:35.3801); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718); (Latitude:30.6749; Longitude:35.3718)
- Right(s):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Institution:
- Paleomagnetic Lab Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, UCSD, USA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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