A precursor to the Matuyama/Brunhes transition-field instability as recorded in pelagic sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 121-135

  Hartl, Paul ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brunhes Epoch; Depositional remanent; Magnetization; Matuyama Epoch; Paleomagnetism; Reversal; Rock magnetic normalization; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES EPOCH; MAGNETIC FIELD INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC REVERSALS; MATUYAMA EPOCH; MATUYAMA/BRUNHES TRANSITION; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PELAGIC SEDIMENT;

EID: 0029776224     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00231-z     Document Type: Article

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