Asynchronous records of Brunhes/Matuyama reversal in marine sediments and Chinese loess: Review and discussion

Quaternary International

Volumn 319, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-142

  Kong, Xianghui ^a,b   Zhou, Weijian ^a,b   Beck, J Warren ^c   Xian, Feng ^a,b   Wu, Zhenkun ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892373264     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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