A detailed record of normal-reversed-polarity transition obtained from a thick loess sequence at Jiuzhoutai, near Lanzhou, China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-664

  McIntosh, G ^a,b   Rolph, T C ^a   Shaw, J ^a   Dagley, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

China; Loess; Magnetic polarity; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC POLARITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; POLARITY REVERSAL;

CHINA, GANSU PROVINCE, JIUZHOUTAI;

EID: 0030404533     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04045.x     Document Type: Article

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