Magnetostratigraphy of the Qiliting section (SE China) and its implication for geochronology of the red soil sequences in southern China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Liu, Caicai ^a,b   Xu, Xinmin ^c   Yuan, Baoyin ^a   Deng, Chenglong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Rockand mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

MAGHEMITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 45249113278     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03814.x     Document Type: Article

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