The geomagnetic dipole moment variation between 250 and 800 ka BP reconstructed from the authigenic 10Be/9Be signature in West Equatorial Pacific sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 385, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-205

  Ménabréaz, Lucie ^a   Thouveny, Nicolas ^a   Bourlès, Didier L ^a   Vidal, Laurence ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Brunhes paleomagnetic excursions; Brunhes Matuyama transition; Geomagnetic dipole moment; Marine sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE MOMENT; GEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BRUNHES PALEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; BRUNHES/MATUYAMA TRANSITION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; GEOMAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MOMENT VARIATIONS; WEST EQUATORIAL PACIFIC;

BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMPLITUDE; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BRUNHES CHRON; CALIBRATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CORAL SEA; GULF OF PAPUA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84887545066     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.037     Document Type: Article

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