The Matuyama-Brunhes polarity reversal in four chinese loess records: High-fidelity recording of geomagnetic field behavior or a less than reliable chronostratigraphic marker?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-76

  Wang, Xisheng ^a   Løvlie, Reidar ^b   Chen, Yun ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Pei, Junling ^a   Tang, Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

East asian monsoon; Geomagnetic field; Loess; Matuyama brunhes reversal; Pedogenesis; Remanence acquisition mechanism

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; REMANENCE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SEDIMENTS;

EAST ASIAN MONSOON; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; LOESS; MATUYAMA-BRUNHES REVERSAL; PEDOGENESIS;

SEDIMENTS; REMANENCE;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; PEDOGENESIS; REMAGNETIZATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MONSOON; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; FANSHAN; HEBEI; JIXIAN [TIANJIN]; TIANJIN;

EID: 84904883622     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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