Two geomagnetic excursions during the Brunhes chron recorded in Chinese loess-palaeosol sediments

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-114

  Yang, Tianshui ^a,b   Hyodo, Masayuki ^b   Yang, Zhenyu ^c   Fu, Jianli ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brunhes chron; Chinese loess; Geomagnetic excursion; Matuyama Brunhes reversal; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOESS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL;

EID: 35248813764     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03522.x     Document Type: Article

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