Book description
This book describes the paleomagnetism of sediments and sedimentary
rocks, how sediments and sedimentary rocks become magnetized, and how
the physical and chemical processes involved can affect the accuracy of paleomagnetism.
Topics covered include depositional and post-depositional remanence
acquisition, the detection and correction of compaction-caused
inclination shallowing, reduction diagenesis of magnetic minerals,
chemical remagnetization, and rotation of remanence by grain-scale
rock strain. The book also has a chapter on environmental
paleomagnetism, including examples of the new technique of
high-resolution rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and its application to
sedimentary sequences.
By emphasising the accuracy of sedimentary paleomagnetism and the
magnitude of post-depositional processes that can affect it, the book
will be invaluable in the geologic interpretation of sedimentary
paleomagnetic data.
Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks will be welcomed by
paleomagnetists, students of paleomagnetism and all Earth scientists
who use sedimentary paleomagnetic data in their research.
Additional resources for this book can be found at: www. wiley. com/go/kodama/paleomagnetism.
Ken Kodama
is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lehigh University.
He has taught Earth sciences and conducted paleomagnetic and rock
magnetic research with his students at Lehigh for the past 34 years. In
his time away from paleomagnetism he enjoys playing music.
