Palaeoclimatic implications of the magnetic record from loess/palaeosol sequence Viatovo (NE Bulgaria)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1036-1047

  Jordanova, Diana ^a   Hus, Jozef ^b   Geeraerts, Raoul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Loess; Maghemite; Magnetite; Palaeosol; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; ROCK PROPERTY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348946948     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03576.x     Document Type: Article

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