This book describes the paleomagnetism of sediments and sedimentary rocks, how sediments and sedimentary rocks become magnetized, and how the physical and chemical processes involved can affect the accuracy of paleomagnetism. Topics covered include depositional and post-depositional remanence acquisition, the detection and correction of compaction-caused inclination shallowing, reduction diagenesis of magnetic minerals, chemical remagnetization, and rotation of remanence by grain-scale rock strain. The book also has a chapter on environmental paleomagnetism, including examples of the new technique of high-resolution rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and its application to sedimentary sequences. By emphasising the accuracy of sedimentary paleomagnetism and the magnitude of post-depositional processes that can affect it, the book will be invaluable in the geologic interpretation of sedimentary paleomagnetic data. Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks will be welcomed by paleomagnetists, students of paleomagnetism and all Earth scientists who use sedimentary paleomagnetic data in their research.Additional resources for this book can be found at: wiley.com/go/kodama/paleomagnetism.

This book describes the paleomagnetism of sediments and sedimentary rocks, how sediments and sedimentary rocks become magnetized, and how the physical and chemical processes involved can affect the accuracy of paleomagnetism.Topics covered include depositional and post-depositional remanence acquisition, the detection and correction of compaction-caused inclination shallowing, reduction diagenesis of magnetic minerals, chemical remagnetization, and rotation of remanence by grain-scale rock strain. The book also has a chapter on environmental paleomagnetism, including examples of the new technique of high-resolution rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and its application to sedimentary sequences.By emphasising the accuracy of sedimentary paleomagnetism and the magnitude of post-depositional processes that can affect it, the book will be invaluable in the geologic interpretation of sedimentary paleomagnetic data.Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks will be welcomed by paleomagnetists, students of paleomagnetism and all Earth scientists who use sedimentary paleomagnetic data in their research.Additional resources for this book can be found at: wiley.com/go/kodama/paleomagnetism.

1 The Paleomagnetism of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Importance and Reliability, 12 The Magnetization Mechanism of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Depositional Remanent Magnetization, 163 Post-Depositional Remanent Magnetization, 264 Inclination Shallowing in Sedimentary Rocks: Evidence, Mechanism and Cause, 345 How to Detect and Correct a Compaction-shallowed Inclination, 466 Post-Depositional Diagenesis and Chemical Remanent Magnetization, 667 Tectonic Strain Effects on Remanence: Rotation of Remanence and Remagnetization in Orogenic Belts, 818 Magnetization of Sediments and the Environment, 949 The Magnetization of Sedimentary Rocks: Processes and their Interpretation, 124Glossary of Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Acronyms, 136References, 139Index, 154Color plate between pages 90 and 91