High-resolution chronostratigraphy from downhole susceptibility logging tuned by palaeoclimatic orbital frequencies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-116

  Barthes V ^a   Pozzi, J P ^b   Vibert Charbonnel, P ^a   Thibal, J ^b   Melieres M A ^c  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Insolation; Isotopes; Magnetic susceptibility; North Sea; Oxygen; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 0033555168     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00214-3     Document Type: Article

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