“…Example applications of MS include: (1) determining the magnetic stratigraphy in loess deposits, lake sediments and marine sediments to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental evolution and erosional history (e.g., Zhang et al, 2012), (2) examining variations in the detrital input of magnetic minerals related to climate change (e.g., Da Silva et al, 2013), (3) aiding archeological investigations (Walach et al, 2011), (4) serving as a proxy for extreme hydrologic events and rainfall (Li et al, 2019), ( 5) monitoring soil pollution (Hoffmann et al, 1999;D'Emilio et al, 2007;Zhang et al, 2012), and (6) investigating the movement of tectonic plates. Further, the MS technique has also been used for oil exploration (e.g., Guzmán et al, 2011), for evaluation of oil bearing units (Perez-Perez et al, 2011;Emmerton et al, 2013) and reservoir properties (Potter, 2007;Potter and Ivakhnenko, 2008).…”