A LATE QUATERNARY MAGNETIC RECORD OF TUNISIAN LOESS AND ITS CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE

Authors
DEARING J LIVINGSTONE I ZHOU LP
Citation
J. Dearing et al., A LATE QUATERNARY MAGNETIC RECORD OF TUNISIAN LOESS AND ITS CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE, Geophysical research letters, 23(2), 1996, pp. 189-192
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1996)23:2<189:ALQMRO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Magnetic measurements for a 10 m loess-palaeosol sequence from the Mat mata Plateau in southern Tunisia show significant down-profile variati ons in concentrations of pedogenic ferrimagnetic minerals. The sequenc e appears to correlate with regional and global records of climate cha nge over the past 70 kyr. There is strong evidence from comparisons of mineral magnetic properties in modern soils and palaeosols that the s equence holds a proxy record of winter precipitation.