Remagnetization mechanism and a new age model for L9 in Chinese loess

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 261-275

  Jin, Chunsheng ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Coarse grained magnetite particles; Decreased winter monsoon; L9; Overprinting; Remagnetization; Viscous remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

CHINESE LOESS; COARSE-GRAINED; DECREASED WINTER MONSOON; L9; OVERPRINTING; REMAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETITE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MAGNETIZATION;

GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRINTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REMAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 80053181053     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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