Inconsistent palaeomagnetic recording of the Blake event in Chinese loess related to sedimentary environment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 867-875

  Zhu, Rixiang ^a,b   Coe, R S ^b   Guo, Bin ^a   Anderson, Robert ^b   Zhao, Xixi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032430519     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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