Rock Magnetic Cyclostratigraphy of the Carboniferous Mauch Chunk Formation, Pottsville, PA, United States

A rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy study was conducted on the Carboniferous Mauch Chunk Formation red beds at Pottsville, Pennsylvania to determine if Milankovitch climate forcing could be detected in these terrestrial, fluvial deposits with hematite as the predominant ferromagnetic mineral. Because...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Earth Science
Main Author:	Kenneth P. Kodama
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Subjects:	cyclostratigraphy rock magnetism Milankovitch cycle magnetic susceptibility Mauch Chunk Formation
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2019.00285/full