Signature of magnetic enhancement in a loessic soil in Nebraska, United States of America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 355-367

  Geiss, Christoph E ^a   Zanner, C William ^b   Banerjee, Subir K ^c   Joanna, Minott ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; Environmental magnetism; Holocene; Loess; Nebraska; Soil

Indexed keywords

LOESSIC SOIL; MAGNETIC COMPONENT; MAGNETIC MINERALS; SOIL COMPACTION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION;

SOILS;

LOESS; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10844297341     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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