A first paleomagnetic and rock magnetic investigation of calcareous nodules from the Chinese Loess Plateau

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Yang, Tianshui ^a   Hyodo, Masayuki ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Sun, Zhiming ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Calcareous nodule; Loess; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism; Polarity transition; Punaruu event; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 21844448411     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351803     Document Type: Article

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