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Use of Paleomagnetism in Studies of Lake Sediments

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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

Part of the book series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research ((DPER,volume 1))

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SV and magnetostratigraphy studies are well established for dating and correlation of lake sediments. SV and radiocarbon studies of suitable, rapidly deposited (>30 cm/ka) Holocene lake sediments can be used to provide dating and correlation with centennial resolution for regional (≤5×103 km) paleoenvironmental studies.

Magnetostratigraphy studies, in conjunction with correlation of susceptibility records to the orbitally tuned marine δ 18O record, can provide global dating resolution of ∼10 ka for studies of lake sediments on timescales of 106–107 years. Paleointensity studies of suitable sediments provide an independent approach to dating sediments on similar timescales that can provide similar resolution.

On the other hand, studies of excursions/short events hold promise for increasing dating resolution of lake sediments on timescales of 105–106 years. Intensive study is underway that will clarify the excursion/short event stratigraphy of the last 1 Ma. In the interim, excursion/short event dating should be used with caution.

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King, J., Peck, J. (2002). Use of Paleomagnetism in Studies of Lake Sediments. In: Last, W.M., Smol, J.P. (eds) Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47669-X_14

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