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MAGNETIC studies of freshwater sediments from northwest England and Northern Ireland have revealed a wide range of applications of magnetic measurements to palaeolimnological studies. They have also shown that lacustrine sediments give a unique record of past changes in the geomagnetic field. This letter is chiefly concerned with the uses of magnetic measurements in helping to interpret lacustrine successions; Creer et al.1 have already discussed the implications of the secular changes of the Earth's magnetic field as recorded in the sediments of Lake Windermere.
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THOMPSON, R. Palaeolimnology and Palaeomagnetism. Nature 242, 182–184 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242182a0
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