Apparent timing and duration of the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal in Chinese loess

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4468-4480

  Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Sun, Youbin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Matuyama Brunhes transition; timing and duration

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHINESE LOESS; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; GRAIN SIZE VARIATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION PALEOMAGNETIC RECORDS; MARINE RECORD; MATUYAMA-BRUNHES TRANSITION; TIMING AND DURATION;

SEDIMENTS;

CHRONOLOGY; LOESS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85027942389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005497     Document Type: Article

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