Recent studies have shown that millennial-scale variation of the geomagnetic field has the potential for global correlation. To further explore this possibility, Richter et al. (in press) measured magnetic secular variation and relative paleointensity in continuous U-channel samples from the uppermost 36 m of Hole 1202B. Owing to the high sedimentation rate (394 cm/k.y., on average), it was possible to obtain an extremely high resolution (~10 yr) record of magnetic paleointensity of the entire Holocene, the first of this kind for East Asia. Comparison of this record with records from other regions revealed that there is a broad similarity among the various records but also showed some major discrepancies (Fig. F11). The major difference shown by Hole 1202B is the existence of a major paleointensity peak during the middle Holocene (between 5.0 and 4.5 ka), whereas other records tend to have high values from 3.0 to 1.5 ka. These discrepancies make it difficult to use paleointensity curves for global correlation at present. Nevertheless, the overall similarity between two high-resolution records, namely Hole 1202B and Fish Lake in Oregon, shows that the method has promise.