Jaramillo normal event
Encyclopedia
The Jaramillo normal event is a period of normal polarity of Earth's magnetic field
during the Matumaya Reversed Epoch. The Jaramillo normal event is dated to 1.06 to 0.9 million years ago in the stratigraphic record
of Pleistocene
epoch
rocks found near Jaramillo Creek
in the Valles Caldera of New Mexico
.
Earth's magnetic field
Earth's magnetic field is the magnetic field that extends from the Earth's inner core to where it meets the solar wind, a stream of energetic particles emanating from the Sun...
during the Matumaya Reversed Epoch. The Jaramillo normal event is dated to 1.06 to 0.9 million years ago in the stratigraphic record
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, studies rock layers and layering . It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks....
of Pleistocene
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
epoch
Epoch (geology)
An epoch is a subdivision of the geologic timescale based on rock layering. In order, the higher subdivisions are periods, eras and eons. We are currently living in the Holocene epoch...
rocks found near Jaramillo Creek
Jaramillo Creek
Jaramillo Creek is a 10 mile long stream in New Mexico with headwaters in the Jemez Mountains. Jaramillo is a tributary of the East Fork Jemez which is then a tributary of the Jemez River, a tributary of the Rio Grande. The creek is located in a graben in the Pleistocene age Valles Caldera...
in the Valles Caldera of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
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