A consistent magnetic polarity stratigraphy of late Neogene to Quaternary fluvial sediments from the Heidelberg Basin (Germany): A new time frame for the Plio-Pleistocene palaeoclimatic evolution of the Rhine Basin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-116

  Scheidt, Stephanie ^a,b   Hambach, Ulrich ^b   Rolf, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediment; Heidelberg basin; Magnetic polarity stratigraphy; Magnetostratigraphy; Plio pleistocene; Rhine basin; Upper rhine graben (URG)

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; HEIDELBERG; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; RHINE BASIN; UPPER RHINE GRABEN;

MAGNETIC POLARITY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRABEN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; HEIDELBERG; RHINE BASIN;

EID: 84922630074     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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