Paleomagnetism
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paleomagnetism-182-16192793
title:
Paleomagnetism
text:
Paleomagnetism is the study of prehistoric Earth's magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials. Geophysicists who specialize in paleomagnetism are called paleomagnetists. Certain magnetic minerals in rocks can record the direction and intensity of Earth's magnetic field at the time they formed. This record provides information on the past behavior of the geomagnetic field and the past location of tectonic plates. The record of geomagnetic reversals preserved in volcan
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Study of Earth's magnetic field in past
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleomagnetism
date created:
2004-07-19T14:13:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T02:25:45Z
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