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| PALEOMAGNETIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE GEOMETRY OF THE GEOMAGNETIC-FIELD DURING REVERSALS |
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| Author(s): VALET JP, TUCHOLKA P, COURTILLOT V, MEYNADIER L |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 356 Issue: 6368 Pages: 400-407 Published: APR 2 1992 |
| Times Cited: 97 References: 46 |
| Abstract: Palaeomagnetic records of the path of the pole during reversals of the Earth's magnetic field provide a test of the hypothesis that dipolar or low-order axisymmetric components of the field dominate during reversals. Multiple records of reversals during the past 12 Myr show no simple or consistent geographical pattern. Although a more robust analysis of the transitional field awaits a greater number of well-distributed sampling sites, the present data are not inconsistent with the simplest models, in which a field reminiscent of the non-dipole component of the present-day field becomes dominant. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: VALET, JP (reprint author), INST PHYS GLOBE, 4 PL JUSSIEU, TOUR 14-24, F-75252 PARIS 05, FRANCE |
Addresses:
1. UNIV PARIS 11, GEOPHYS LAB, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND N1 9XW |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: HL830 |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
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