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1 Geomagnetism: Earth’s magnetic field Dipole Field

2 Strength of Earth’s magnetic field (nT)

3 Higher order poles

4 Power spectrum of Earth’s magnetic field

5 Inclination of Earth’s magnetic field

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7 Inclination and Declination Inclination is related to latitude Declination depends on horizontal components

8 Declination of Earth’s magnetic field

9 Magnetic North Pole vs. time

10 Magnetic vs. Geographic coordinates Dipole drifts westward at: 0.044 - 0.14°/century (2500-8000 yr period) Non-dipole features drift westward at: 0.2 – 0.7°/century (550-1650 yr period)

11 Geomagnetic field strength is decreasing: Will fall to zero in the year 4000: The beginning of a reversal?

12 Paleomagnetism: Study of geomagnetic field vs. time Spinner magnetometer Astatic magnetometer Cryogenic magnetometer

13 Axial Geocentric Dipole Hypothesis:average over 10 4 years is geographic pole tan I = 2 tan λ Plio-Pleistocene paleomag poles

14 Calculating a paleomagnetic pole

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16 Baked contact test

17 Reversals Test

18 Apparent Polar Wander paths

19 Paleo Reconstructions

20 Magnetic Reversals

21 Magnetic Reversals vs. Time


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