The Kamikatsura event and the Matuyama-Brunhes reversal recorded in lavas from Tjörnes Peninsula, northern Iceland

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Camps, Pierre, Singer, B. S., Carvallo, C., Goguitchaichvili, A., Fanjat, Gregory, Allen, B.
• Other Authors: Manteau et Interfaces, Géosciences Montpellier, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Geology and Geophysics Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institut de minéralogie et de physique des milieux condensés (IMPMC), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratorio Interinstitucional de Magnetismo Natural Mexico, Instituto de Geofisica Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Matuyama Brunhes reversal; paleointensity; Ar-Ar dating; Iceland; Tjörnes; [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00618515; https://hal.science/hal-00618515/document; https://hal.science/hal-00618515/file/Camps-epsl2011.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.026

International audience We report paleomagnetic results from four overlapping stratigraphic sections (55 flows) through the lava pile in Tjörnes peninsula (North Iceland). The initial aim of our study was to check the existence of intermediate directions previously interpreted as belonging to the Mat...