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Magnetic Signatures of Pampean Soils, A Case Study

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Southern Hemisphere Paleo- and Neoclimates

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In several places in the world measurements of the magnetic susceptibility have been used to detect environmental changes. This study reassesses this problem with special emphasis on the validation of some general conclusions that are often found in the literature. This study links magnetic susceptibility measurements of Pampean soils with present environmental conditions. It could be shown that also in the Argentine Pampa, where such studies have just been started, susceptibility measurements can be used for paleoclimatic studies. In contrast to the results from the cold Chinese Loess plateau the calibration is however different.

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  1. Museo Argentino Ciencias Naturales “B. Ri vada via”, y Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, CP 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Paulina Nabel

  2. Head of Biomagnetics Group, Institut fuer Allgemeine und Angewandte Geophysik, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Theresienstr. 41, D-80333, München, Germany

    Nikolai Petersen

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  1. Geological Institue, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 24, 48149, Münster, Germany

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  2. Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Argentino de Nivolgía, Casilla de Correo 330, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina

    Wolfgang Volkheimer

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Nabel, P., Petersen, N. (2000). Magnetic Signatures of Pampean Soils, A Case Study. In: Smolka, P., Volkheimer, W. (eds) Southern Hemisphere Paleo- and Neoclimates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59694-0_6

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