Rapid Measurement of the Magnetic Susceptibility of long Cores of Sediment

Abstract

Summary Apparatus to measure the initial (low field) susceptibility of whole cores of sediment has been constructed and tested. The instrument is complementary to that designed to measure the horizontal remanent magnetization of whole cores. Measurements on lacustrine sediments have shown that magnetic susceptibility is a sensitive stratigraphic indicator and consequently ideal for correlating between cores. Copyright © 1973, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved