Testing the fidelity of sediment chronology: Comparison of varve and paleomagnetic results from Holocene lake sediments from central Finland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 15-17, 2003, Pages 1787-1803

  Ojala, Antti E K ^a   Tiljander, Mia ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PALEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION (PSV) CURVES;

SEDIMENTS;

CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOMAGNETISM; VARVE;

(CENTRAL); FINLAND;

EID: 0043269731     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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