Astronomical calibration of the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary: Consequences for magnetic remanence acquisition in marine carbonates and the Asian loess sequences

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 133-146

  Tauxe, L ^a,b   Herbert, T ^b   Shackleton, N J ^c   Kok, Y S ^a  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brunhes Epoch; Loess; Magnetostratigraphy; Matuyama Epoch; Paleomagnetism; Remanence magnetization; Time scales

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION; LOESS; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; MARINE CARBONATE; MATUYAMA/BRUNHES BOUNDARY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0030462365     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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