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020 _a9780511524929 (ebook)
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_beng
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC815.2
_b.J33 1994
082 0 0 _a538/.72
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100 1 _aJacobs, J. A.
_q(John Arthur),
_d1916-2003,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aReversals of the Earth's magnetic field /
_cJ.A. Jacobs.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1994.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 346 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 2 _aThe earth's magnetic field -- The magnetization of rocks -- The morphology of geomagnetic reversals -- Geomagnetic excursions -- Models of reversals -- Transition fields -- Magnetostratigraphy -- The earth's magnetic field and other geophysical phenomena.
520 _aBy measuring the direction and intensity of magnetism in rocks of different ages, a record of the Earth's magnetic field in the past can be obtained. This 1994 book deals with the particular case of reversals of the Earth's magnetic field. These have played a major role in the development of plate tectonics and in establishing a geological time scale. The magnetism of rocks is discussed in some detail with a warning of possible misinterpretations of the record. Observational results and theories are reviewed with special attention to the structure and geometry of the transition field. Changing conditions at the core-mantle boundary, their effect on reversals, the generation of plumes and the possible correlation of reversals with tectonic changes, ice ages or mass extinctions are thoroughly discussed, including suggested periodicities in the reversal record and in other geophysical data.
650 0 _aGeomagnetism.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521450720
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511524929
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