Magnetostratigraphy and astronomical calibration of the: Last 1.1 Myr from an eastern Mediterranean piston core and dating of short events in the Brunhes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-94

  Langereis, C G ^a   Dekkers, M J ^a   De Lange, G J ^a   Paterne, M ^b   Van Santvoort, P J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brunhes; Geomagnetism; Magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, IONIAN SEA, CALABRIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030849346     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00938.x     Document Type: Article

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