Geological Evidence for the Presence of the Emperor Event in China

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1993-02-12
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ThepresenceofthereversalsofthegeomagneticfieldwithintheBrunhesisindicatedbypaleomagneticstuidesonCenozoicvolcanicrocksintheLeizhouPeninsula,loessstrataandQuaternarymarinesedimentsinthePearlRiverMouthbasininChina.Theseregionalreversalsoccuredat0.58±0.13Ma,0.45Maand0.47—0.48MarespectivelyaccordingtotheresultsofK-Arisotopicdatingandclimatostratigraphicandbiostratigraphicanalyses.ThereversalsequivalenttotheEmperorEventissuggested.ThereversalsrevealedindifferentregionswithvariouslithologiccharactersinChinaprovethattheEmperorEventisaglobalreversaleventratherthanageomagneticexcursion,anditsconfirmationwillpermitaprecisedefinitionoftheMiddle/LatePleistoceneboundary.