A detailed paleomagnetic record between 2.1 and 2.75 Ma at IODP Site U1314 in the North Atlantic: Geomagnetic excursions and the Gauss-Matuyama transition

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ohno, Masao ^a   Hayashi, Tatsuya ^b   Komatsu, Fumiki ^a   Murakami, Fumi ^a   Zhao, Meng ^a   Guyodo, Yohan ^c   Acton, Gary ^d   Evans, Helen F ^e   Kanamatsu, Toshiya ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expedition 306; Geomagnetic excursion; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; Paleomagnetic intensity; Polarity transition; Site U1314

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; ISOTOPES;

EXPEDITION 306; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PALEOMAGNETIC INTENSITY; POLARITY TRANSITION; SITE U1314;

GEOMAGNETISM;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84861180438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004080     Document Type: Article

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