Enhancing weak magnetic fabrics using field-impressed anisotropy: Application to the Chinese loess

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 381-389

  Liu, Qingsong ^a,b   Yu, Yongjae ^c   Deng, Chenglong ^b   Pan, Yongxin ^b   Zhu, Rixiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Field impressed AMS; Grain size; Magnetic fabric; Pedogenesis

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 27744454130     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02660.x     Document Type: Review

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