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... > geologic time scale > geological age > Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Brunhes period
scientific discipline > stratigraphy > magnetostratigraphy > magnetostratigraphic period > Brunhes period

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Brunhes period  

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  • The Brunhes period is the normal geomagnetic zone from the end of the Pleistocene to the present, after the Matuyama period ; from Bernard Brunhes, French geophysicist, who in 1906 showed the first proofs of the reversal of magnetic field in volcanic flows. (Adapted from: Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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  • Brunhes Epoch

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