GEOMAGIA50.v3: 2. A new paleomagnetic database for lake and marine sediments

Maxwell C. Brown, Fabio Donadini, Andreas Nilsson, Sanja Panovska, Ute Frank, Kimmo Korhonen, Maximilian Schuberth, Monika Korte, Catherine G. Constable

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Abstract

Background: GEOMAGIA50.v3 for sediments is a comprehensive online database providing access to published paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, and chronological data obtained from lake and marine sediments deposited over the past 50 ka. Its objective is to catalogue data that will improve our understanding of changes in the geomagnetic field, physical environments, and climate. Findings: GEOMAGIA50.v3 for sediments builds upon the structure of the pre-existing GEOMAGIA50 database for magnetic data from archeological and volcanic materials. A strong emphasis has been placed on the storage of geochronological data, and it is the first magnetic archive that includes comprehensive radiocarbon age data from sediments. The database will be updated as new sediment data become available. Conclusions: The web-based interface for the sediment database is located at http://geomagia.gfz-potsdam.de/geomagiav3/SDquery.php. This paper is a companion to Brown et al. (Earth Planets Space doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0232-0, 2015) and describes the data types, structure, and functionality of the sediment database.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number70
JournalEarth, Planets and Space
Volume67
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 29 2015
Externally publishedYes

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© 2015 Brown et al.; licensee Springer.

Keywords

  • Database
  • Environmental magnetism
  • GEOMAGIA50
  • Geomagnetism
  • Paleomagnetism
  • Rock magnetism
  • Sediment magnetism

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