Conservatism of mineral magnetic signatures in farm dam sediments in the South African Karoo: the potential effects of particle size and post-depositional diagenesis

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2387-2397

  Pulley, Simon ^a   Rowntree, Kate ^a   Foster, Ian ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Historically deposited sediment; Karoo; Mineral magnetic signatures; Non conservatism; Particle size

Indexed keywords

DAM; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FRACTIONATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; KAROO SUPERGROUP; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PARTICLE SIZE; TIMESCALE; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84947030986     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1265-5     Document Type: Article

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