ISSN:
1365-246X
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geosciences
Notes:
High-resolution palaeomagnetic studies on a collection of nearly 350 specimens, taken from a 1.30 m thick section of an Upper Pleistocene loess profile from the Tönchesberg (Germany), are described. The Blake magnetic polarity episode is recorded in a layer above the partly eroded palaeosol of the Eemian interglacial. It is identified by its stratigraphic position and thermoluminescence data (±90.0 − 110.0 kyr: Zöller, Conard & Hahn 1991; Frechen 1991, 1992).Magnetite and haematite contribute to the natural remanent magnetization (NRM). Directional behaviour during thermal and alternating-field cleaning suggests that magnetite carries a primary, (post-)depositional remanent magnetization (pDRM) and haematite a secondary, chemical remanent magnetization (CRM) of early diagenetic origin.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb07004.x
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