High-resolution rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy in an Eocene flysch, Spanish Pyrenees

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kodama, K P ^a   Anastasio, D J ^a   Newton, M L ^a   Pares, J M ^b,c   Hinnov, L A ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARM; Cyclostratigraphy; Late Eocene; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleoclimate; Rock magnetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954411321     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003069     Document Type: Article

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