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18 4 (();) V o .18 N o .4 20 11 7 Earth S cien ce Fronti ers (Chi na U ni versit y of G eosci ences(Beijing);Peking U niversit y ) J u y 20 11 1, 2 2, ＊ 刘彩彩 , 　邓成龙 1. , 100029 2. , 100029 Liu Caicai1, 2 , 　Deng Cheng o ng2, ＊ 1.S tateK ey Laboratory of Earthquake Dy nam ics, Institute of Geology , Ch ina Earthquake Administration, Beij ing 100029, Ch ina 2.S tateK ey Laboratory of Lithos heric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geo hysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beij ing 100029, China Liu Caicai, Deng Chenglong.Magnetostratigraphy of the red soil sequences in southern China:Recent developments.Earth Science Frontiers, 2011, 18(4):158-1 0 Abstract:The red soi is the most w ide y dist ributed Q ua te rnary deposit in China, w hich co ntains a w ea th of infor matio n o n pa eo c ima te, pa eo geo gr aphy, and ho minin ev o ution.Ho w ev er, because of the c imatic co ndi- tions of high precipitatio n and w ar m tempera ture, w hich reduce the pr ese rvatio n of mamma ian fo ssi s and o th- e r da ting materia s, it is diff icu t to obtain precise stra tig raphic ag es in the r ed soi area.M agnetostr atig raphy is a successfu too fo r da ting bo th ma rine and ter restria sediments.A series of magnetostr atig raphic studies has been successfu y conducted o n the red soi sequences.T his paper rev iew s mag ne tostra tig raphic studies of the red soi sequence s in so uther n China, some o f w hich bea r a rtif act sto ne too s.T he red soi s contain fo ur magnetic minera s of g oethite, maghemite, mag ne tite and hematite.M ag netite and hematite w e re ide ntified as the main ca rriers of the characteristic remnant mag netizatio ns.P a eo magnetic finding s sugg est that the red soi sequences in so uther n China sp