Misleading positions of geomagnetic reversal boundaries in Eurasian loess and implications for correlation between continental and marine sedimentary sequences

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 117-130

  Zhou, L P ^a,b   Shackleton, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brunhes Epoch; Deep sea sedimentation; Gauss Epoch; Geochronology; Loess; Matuyama Epoch; Microtektites; Palaeomagnetism; Quaternary; Reversals

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0033617595     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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