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paleomagnetic

a. (context US geology English) Of or pertaining to paleomagnetism. alt. (context US geology English) Of or pertaining to paleomagnetism.

Usage examples of "paleomagnetic".

But our own analysis of the faunal evidence, site stratigraphy, and paleomagnetic dating shows the date range for the Lantian Homo erectus skull overlaps that of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus.

Repeated testing by different scientists using different paleomagnetic, chemical, and radiometric methods gives a wide spread of conflicting dates within this period.

The strata yielding the incisors gave a probable paleomagnetic date of 1.

By a combination of potassium-argon, fission track, and paleomagnetic dating methods, Johanson determined that Lucy was 3.

Even though Mary Vaughan had found no evidence that the Neanderthal magnetic field really had reversed, Jock had used his clout to make the swapping of paleomagnetic information a top priority.

According to the New Scientist, the dating was accomplished using a combination of paleomagnetic and stratigraphic studies.