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Relative paleointensity of the geomagnetic field during the past 0.8 Ma from Nihewan Basin, Hebei Province, China

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We conducted a detailed rock magnetic study on upper 80 m of Jing’erwa core from the Nihewan basin. The results indicate that the sediments from Jing’erwa core are suitable for relative paleointensity study, and anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) can be used as the normalization parameter of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM). Our relative paleointensity data of upper 80 m of Jing’erwa core provide a continuous record of the intensity variation during the last 0.8 Ma, which correlates well with the results from marine sediments cores in the Pacific Ocean. This means that the sediments records are reliable for relative paleointensity of Earth’s magnetic field, and suggests that these sediments have recorded the real changes of geomagnetic field, which would provide a new method for regional stratigraphic correlation.

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  1. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 100037, Beijing, China

    Yong Wang, Zhenqing Chi & Longrui Min

  2. Department of Earth science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, 100083, Beijing, China

    Yong Wang & Huiyair Chu

  3. Nanjing institute of Limnology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China

    Zhenqing Chi

  4. Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, 1-55, Taipei, Nankang, Taiwan, China

    Tehquei Lee

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Wang, Y., Chi, Z., Lee, T. et al. Relative paleointensity of the geomagnetic field during the past 0.8 Ma from Nihewan Basin, Hebei Province, China. Chin. Sci. Bull. 49, 948–952 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03184017

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