Magnetization of polar ice: A measurement of terrestrial dust and extraterrestrial fallout

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Lanci, L ^a   Delmonte, B ^b   Kent, D V ^c,d   Maggi, V ^b   Biscaye, P E ^d   Petit, J R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Ice cores; Meteoric smoke; Micrometeorites; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SOURCES; DUST TRANSPORT; FREEZER TEMPERATURE; GREENLAND; ICE CORE; ICE CORES; ICE SAMPLES; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MICROMETEORITES; NANOMETRIC SIZE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; POLAR ICE; POLAR ICE SHEETS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK-MAGNETISM; SMOKE PARTICLES; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS;

DUST; FALLOUT; GEOMAGNETISM; IRIDIUM; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; SMOKE; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

ICE;

FALLOUT; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; INTERPLANETARY DUST; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIZATION; MICROMETEORITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 84856214017     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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