Magnetic properties of loess grain size fractions from the section at Paks (Hungary)

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Sartori, M ^a   Heller, F ^a   Forster, T ^a   Borkovec, M ^b   Hammann, J ^c   Vincent, E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Grain size fractionation; Loess; Palaeosol; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOSOL;

HUNGARY;

EID: 0033389849     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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