Application of Cosmogenic Nuclides and Argon Geochronology to Paleoclimate, Paleomagnetism, and Paleohydrology

• Main Author: Balbas, Andrea M.
• Other Authors: Clark, Peter U., Brook, Edward, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Bailey, Mike, Stoner, Joseph, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University. Graduate School
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Geological time; Floods > Missoula; Lake; Cosmogenic nuclides; Geomagnetic reversals; Paleomagnetism; Radioactive dating; Galapagos; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/6h440w865

This dissertation uses argon geochronology and cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating methods to address three research questions. The first question concerns a geomagnetic instability recorded in lava flows on the island of Floreana in the Galapagos Archipelago. Changes in the Earth’s magnetic...