Complex polarity pattern at the former Plio-Pleistocene global stratotype section at Vrica (Italy): Remagnetization by magnetic iron sulphides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-111

  Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Florindo, Fabio ^a,b   Larrasoaña, Juan C ^a,c   O'Regan, Matthew A ^a,d   Zhao, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

greigite; magnetostratigraphy; methane hydrate; Olduvai; Pleistocene; Pliocene; pyrrhotite; remagnetization; Vrica

Indexed keywords

GREIGITES; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; METHANE HYDRATES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; REMAGNETIZATION;

DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETISM; METHANE; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

GAS HYDRATE; GREIGITE; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLDUVAI EVENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PYRRHOTITE; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TYPE SECTION;

CALABRIA; CALABRIAN ARC; ITALY;

EID: 77249103112     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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