Project Details
Projekt
High-resolution magnetostratigraphic investigation of geomagnetic reversal excursions younger than 60 ka using arctic marine sediments. - Precise analysis of directional and relative paleointensity characteristics. Absolute age determinations
Applicant
Privatdozent Dr. Norbert R. Nowaczyk
Subject Area
Geophysics
Term
from 2002 to 2007
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5372333
The main objective of this projekt is to reveal the geomagnetic field behavior of excursions during the last about 60 ka with high temporal resolution based on magnetostratigraphic investigation of selected arctic marine sediment cores. High-quality directional and relative paleointensity data from different high-latitude sites shall contribute detailed full-vectorial information about the behavior of the geodynamo in space and time to the SPP. Detailed rock magnetic as well as accompanying sedimentological and geochemical studies shall be performed in order to validate the quality of the obtained records. In addition, numerous absolute ages shall be derived with the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C method in order to provide a detailed age model of the investigated sediments.
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