Determination of magnetic carriers of the characteristic remanent magnetization of Chinese loess by low-temperature demagnetization

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Liu, Qingsong ^a   Jackson, Michael J ^a   Banerjee, Subir K ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^b   Pan, Yongxin ^b   Chen, Fahu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic remanent magnetization; Chinese loess; Low temperature demagnetization; Magnetic carrier; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PEDOGENESIS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0242665724     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00477-1     Document Type: Article

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