Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a tool for recognizing core deformation: Reevaluation of the paleomagnetic record of Pleistocene sediments from drill hole OL-92, Owens Lake, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 415-424

  Rosenbaum, Joseph ^a   Reynolds, Richard ^a   Smoot, Joseph ^b   Meyer, Robert ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformation; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleomagnetism; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034083099     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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