Chemical overprint on the natural remanent magnetization of a subtropical red soil sequence in the Bose Basin, southern China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Deng, Chenglong ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^b   Wang, Wei ^c   Liu, Caicai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMANENCE; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; MAGHEMITE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RED SOIL;

GEOMAGNETISM;

HEMATITE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 38949097769     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031400     Document Type: Article

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