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Magnetic susceptibility record of Chinese Loess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

G. Kukla ,
Z. S. An ,
J. L. Melice ,
J. Gavin  and
J. L. Xiao
G. Kukla
Affiliation:
Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, U.S.A.
Z. S. An
Affiliation:
Xian Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Academia Sinica, Shaanxi, China.
J. L. Melice
Affiliation:
Institut of Astronomy and Geophysics G. Lemaitre, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, B1348, Belgium.
J. Gavin
Affiliation:
Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, U.S.A.
J. L. Xiao
Affiliation:
Xian Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Academia Sinica, Shaanxi, China.
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Abstract

Records of the low field magnetic susceptibility at three sites in the Chinese Loess Plateau, each with sediments covering the last 2·5 Ma, were averaged and combined into a single stacked file whose dating is independent of astronomic chronology. The stack reveals orbital frequencies, which are in general agreement with the astronomically tuned oxygen isotope deep sea chronology in the upper part of the Brunhes epoch, but disagree prior to 0·5 Ma ago.

Keywords

Quaternarypalaeoclimatesloesssusceptibilityorbital perturbations
Type
Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 81 , Issue 4: The Late Cezozoic Ice Age , 1990 , pp. 263 - 288
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1990

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