Assessing the timing of greigite formation and the reliability of the Upper Olduvai polarity transition record from the Crostolo River, Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Jiang, Wei Teh ^b   Florindo, Fabio ^c   Horng, Chorng Shern ^d   Laj, Carlo ^e  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GEOMAGNETISM; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECTONICS;

CROSTOLO RIVER, ITALY; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TRANSITION; GREIGITE FORMATION; PALEOMAGNETIC RECORD;

RIVERS;

GREIGITE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; OLDUVAI EVENT; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444439175     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022137     Document Type: Article

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