Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
We have conducted a detailed mineral magnetic
study of loess unit 8 (L8) and paleosol unit 8 (S8) from three localities (Jingbian, Yichuan, and Duanjiapo) along a N-S transect in the Chinese loess plateau. As expected, the lowfield magnetic susceptibility (χ) has higher values in S8 and lower values in L8. Similarly, superparamagnetic particle
concentrations increase in S8 with increasingly humid climates along the N-S transect, which suggests that pedogenic
magnetic enhancement is related to climate. However, in S8 at Duanjiapo, χ is so low that there is no correlation between χ and the degree of pedogenesis in this loess-paleosol cycle. It therefore appears that χ is not consistently the most suitable indicator of paleoclimate in Chinese loess-paleosol
sequences. Our results indicate that there are complexities in the mineral magnetic response to pedogenesis, which could
invalidate interpretation of the χ record of Chinese loess-paleosol sequences in terms of paleoprecipitation.
Description:
Published
Description:
4259-4262
Description:
2.2. Laboratorio di paleomagnetismo
Description:
N/A or not JCR
Description:
reserved
Keywords:
rock magnetism
;
magnetic susceptibility
;
Chinese loess/paleosol sequences
;
04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.07. Rock magnetism
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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