| Abstract: | K-Ar ages and paleomagnetic data for basalt samples from a new core hole (site E) at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) indicate that the age of the reversed polarity event recorded in Snake River Plain lavas is older than 465 ?? 50 ka (1000 years before present) reported previously by Champion et al. (1981). A review of data documenting short reversal records from volcanic and sedimentary rocks shows that there is evidence for eight polarity subchrons in the Brunhes and two besides the Jaramillo in the late Matuyama. These 10 short subchrons begin to indicate the many short events that Cox (1968) hypothesized must exist if polarity interval lengths have a Poisson distribution. The mean sustained polarity interval length since late Matuyama Chron time is 90 000 years. The similarity of this number with the 105-year period of the Earth‘s orbital eccentricity suggests anew that linkage between geomagnetic, paleoclimatic, and possible underlying Earth orbital parameters should be evaluated. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Champion, D. E.; Lanphere, M. A.; Kuntz, M. A. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Evidence for a new geomagnetic reversal from lava flows in Idaho: discussion of short polarity reversals in the Brunhes and late Matuyama Polarity Chrons; 1988; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research; Champion, D. E.; Lanphere, M. A.; Kuntz, M. A. |
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| Citation Volume: | 93 |
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| Text: | Evidence for a new geomagnetic reversal from lava flows in Idaho: discussion of short polarity reversals in the Brunhes and late Matuyama Polarity Chrons; 1988; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research; Champion, D. E.; Lanphere, M. A.; Kuntz, M. A. |
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| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00 -0600 |
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