Magnetic records of climate change

Richard L. Reynolds

U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

John W. King

Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island

• Introduction
• Climate Records from Loess-Paleosol Sequences
  • Source of Magnetic Susceptibility Enhancement in Paleosols---the Roles of Pedogenesis
  • Magnetic Mineralogy
  • Origins of Pedogenic Magnetic Particles
  • Climatic Interpretations from Chinese Loess-Paleosol Deposits
  • Summary of Loess-Paleosol Studies
• Climate Records From Lake Sediments
• Climate Records From Marine Sediments
  • The Asian Climate System
  • The Subtropical African Climate System
  • The North Atlantic Climate System
• Complicating Factors
• Summary
• References