SP-grain production during thermal demagnetization of some Chinese loess/ palaeosol

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 504-512

  Wang, Ronghua ^a   Løvlie, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; LOESS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOSOL;

EID: 38349170048     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03638.x     Document Type: Article

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