Fidelity and time resolution of the magnetostratigraphic record in Siwalik sediments: High-resolution study of a complete polarity transition and evidence for cryptochrons in a Miocene fluviatile section

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 861-875

  Rosier, Wolfgang ^a   Appel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptochron; Magnetostratigraphy; Polarity transition; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032457585     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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