Magnetics and Time in Geology
Magnetics and Time in Geology
Session ID#: 122169
Session Description:
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic methods are important for assigning both absolute and relative time to geological sequences. Magnetostratigraphy constitutes a standard dating and correlation tool in the Earth sciences. Astronomically-forced climate cycles encoded rock magnetically have enabled high-resolution time calibration of sedimentary sequences. These techniques allow better dating of the geological record, increased understanding of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes, and resolution of sedimentation dynamics in tectonically active basins. This session invites contributions that use magnetostratigraphy to date and correlate sedimentary sequences and rock magnetic methods to assign high-resolution chronostratigraphy to sedimentary sequences.
Index Terms:
1520 Magnetostratigraphy [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
1527 Paleomagnetism applied to geologic processes [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
1535 Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
1540 Rock and mineral magnetism [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
Primary Convener: Kenneth P Kodama, Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States
Conveners: Luigi Jovane, Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo, Department of Fisical Oceanography, São Paulo, Brazil and Linda A Hinnov, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Primary Liaison: Kenneth P Kodama, Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States
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