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Paleomagnetic investigations of marine and subaqueous deposits in the 12-meter marine terrace of a section of the Karadzha Range (Azerbaijan) are performed. These deposits correspond to OI stage 3 and encompass the time interval ∼45–20 ka. Four anomalous deviations of the magnetization from the dipole field at the sampling site are recorded in the upper and lower transgressive members of deposits. Investigations of the influence of the anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility (AMS) on directions of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) showed that only three of the four identified intervals can actually reflect geomagnetic field changes. The fourth interval of the anomalous NRM behavior is recorded in samples demonstrating the presence of the identified AMS direction pointing to a possible deformation of layers, which could turn the NRM vector toward the direction of the acting factor. Based on the age of the terrace under investigation, three other anomalous horizons could correspond to heavily reduced records of the Mono and Lashamp excursions of the geomagnetic field.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Pilipenko, Z.V. Sharonova, V.M. Trubikhin, H. Abrahamsen, 2009, published in Fizika Zemli, 2009, No. 6, pp. 44–55.
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Pilipenko, O.V., Sharonova, Z.V., Trubikhin, V.M. et al. Anomalous directions and paleointensity of the geomagnetic field based on paleomagnetic investigations of rocks from the Karadzha Range (Azerbaijan) of the age 45–20 ka. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 45, 508–519 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351309060044
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