A Test of Paleomagnetic Field Variability at Equatorial Latitudes

University Of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

Investigators

Abstract

Lund 9980410 This project will study the paleomagnetic and rock magnetic variability of late Quaternary deep-sea sediments from Indonesia. The investigators will recover detailed paleomagnetic secular variation, paleointensity, and excursion records from selected intervals and assess the role of early sediment diagenesis as a possible complicating influence on such records. The final goal is to recover a complete record of geomagnetic field varaibility for the last 130,000 years and search for Brunhes-aged excursions that have been recorded in other parts of the world. Comparison of such records will provide new insight into the dynamo processes that generate such variability.