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Relative paleointensity in sediments: A Pseudo‐Thellier Approach
Author(s) -
Tauxe L.,
Pick T.,
Kok Y. S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/95gl03166
Subject(s) - geology , earth's magnetic field , remanence , sedimentary rock , paleomagnetism , seismology , archaeomagnetic dating , secular variation , geophysics , geodesy , mineralogy , paleontology , magnetization , magnetic field , physics , quantum mechanics
We present a method for normalizing sedimentary records for estimating relative paleointensity of the geomagnetic field, similar to that successfully used to obtain absolute paleointensity from thermally blocked remanences. It has the advantages that it is more effective in removing unwanted viscous remanence, thereby improving agreement among various records and that it allows the estimation of the uncertainty in the relative paleointensity calculated.