An ice core perspective on the age of the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Dreyfus, G B ^a,b   Raisbeck, G M ^c   Parrenin, F ^d   Jouzel, J ^a   Guyodo, Y ^a   Nomade, S ^a   Mazaud, A ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

age of Matuyama Brunhes boundary; Antarctic ice, paleomagnetism; enhanced Be 10 deposition

Indexed keywords

DOMES; GEOMAGNETISM; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AGE DIFFERENCES; ANTARCTIC ICE, PALEOMAGNETISM; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; LOCK-IN DEPTHS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MATUYAMA-BRUNHES BOUNDARIES; ORBITAL TUNING;

ICE;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRUNHES CHRON; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE CORE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MATUYAMA CHRON; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 51249085622     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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