Apparent magnetic polarity reversals due to remagnetization resulting from late diagenetic growth of greigite from siderite

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-100

  Sagnotti, Leonardo ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Weaver, Richard ^b   Verosub, Kenneth L ^c   Florindo, Fabio ^a   Pike, Christopher R ^c   Clayton, Trevor ^b   Wilson, Gary S ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diagenesis; Greigite; Iron carbonate; Iron sulphide; Remagnetization; Siderite

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; GREIGITE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; SIDERITE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 13344285316     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02485.x     Document Type: Article

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