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Some data on magnetic properties of upper neopleistocene-holocene bottom sediments from the North Caspian Basin

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The data on magnetic susceptibility, thermomagnetic, and hysteresis parameters of bottom sediments from the North Caspian Basin demonstrate at least two types of temporal variations in their magnetic properties: relatively large-scale variations related to the transgressive-regressive rhythms of the sea level oscillations, and small-scale variations likely determined by local features of sedimentation and the magnetic fraction of the deposits. The latter is reflected in loamy sediments of transgressive phases, the magnetic fraction of which is largely composed of Fe sulfides, and primarily greigite.

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  1. Department of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. A. Bol’shakov

  2. Borok Geophysical Observatory, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Region, 152742, Russia

    Yu. K. Vinogradov

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Bol’shakov, Yu.K. Vinogradov, 2010, published in Fizika Zemli, 2010, No. 12, pp. 50–65.

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Bol’shakov, V.A., Vinogradov, Y.K. Some data on magnetic properties of upper neopleistocene-holocene bottom sediments from the North Caspian Basin. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 46, 1064–1079 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351310120049

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