Matuyama reversed chron

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The Matuyama reversed chron is a long interval of predominantly reversed geomagnetic polarity that followed the Gauss–Matuyama reversal and lasted from about 2.58 to 0.78 million years ago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geomagnetic chron
reversed polarity interval
boundaryEvent Brunhes–Matuyama reversal NERFINISHED
chronCode C2r
contains Jaramillo subchron NERFINISHED
Olduvai subchron NERFINISHED
duration about 1.8 million years
endTime about 0.78 million years ago
era Cenozoic NERFINISHED
evidenceFrom lava flow magnetization
marine magnetic anomalies
sedimentary rock remanent magnetization
fieldType dipolar-dominated geomagnetic field
follows Gauss–Matuyama reversal NERFINISHED
hasPolarity reversed
includesAge Pleistocene
lowerBoundaryDefinedBy Gauss–Matuyama reversal NERFINISHED
magneticFieldConfiguration south magnetic pole near geographic north
namedAfter Motonori Matuyama NERFINISHED
partOf Cenozoic geomagnetic polarity timescale NERFINISHED
period Quaternary
polarityRelativeToPresent opposite
precededBy Gauss normal chron NERFINISHED
precedes Brunhes normal chron
startTime about 2.58 million years ago
upperBoundaryDefinedBy Brunhes–Matuyama reversal NERFINISHED
usedFor dating sedimentary sequences
dating volcanic rocks
geologic time correlation
usedIn magnetostratigraphy

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