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MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH.
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | San Diego, Calif. : |
| Publication Dates: | 1996. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
International geophysics series ;
v. 63 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00746142/63 |
| Summary: |
MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 531 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-507) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780080553207 0080553206 |
| Index Number: | QC816 |
| CLC: | P318 |
| Contents: |
Cover; Contents; Preface ; Chapter 1. History of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism; 1.1 Discovery of the Main Magnetic Elements; 1.2 Fossil Magnetism and the Magnetic Field in the Past; 1.3 Investigations of the External Magnetic Field; 1.4 Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field; Chapter 2. The Present Geomagnetic Field: Analysis and Description from Historical Observations; 2.1 Magnetic Elements and Charts; 2.2 Spherical Harmonic Description of the Earth's Magnetic Field; 2.3 Uniqueness and Other Mathematical Problems; 2.4 Geomagnetic Secular Variation; 2.5 The External Magnetic Field. Chapter 3. Foundations of Paleomagnetism3.1 Rock Magnetism; 3.2 Magnetic Mineralogy; 3.3 Paleomagnetic Directions and Poles; 3.4 Paleointensity Methods; 3.5 Age Determinations; Chapter 4. The Recent Geomagnetic Field: Paleomagnetic Observations; 4.1 Archeomagnetic Results; 4.2 Analysis of Recent Lake Sediments; 4.3 Geomagnetic Excursions; 4.4 The Geomagnetic Power Spectrum; Chapter 5. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field; 5.1 Evidence for Field Reversal; 5.2 Marine Magnetic Anomalies; 5.3 Analysis of Reversal Sequences; 5.4 Polarity Transitions. Chapter 6. The Time-Averaged Paleomagnetic Field6.1 Geocentric Axial Dipole Hypothesis; 6.2 Second-Order Terms; 6.3 Variation in the Earth's Dipole Moment; 6.4 Paleosecular Variation from Lavas (PSVL); Chapter 7. Processes and Properties of the Earth's Deep Interior: Basic Principles; 7.1 Seismic Properties of the Earth's Interior; 7.2 Chemical and Physical Properties; 7.3 Thermodynamic Properties of the Earth's Deep Interior; 7.4 Thermal History Models; 7.5 Nondynamo Models for the Earth's Magnetic Field; 7.6 Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals; 7.7 Energy Sources. 10.3 The Moon10.4 Meteorites; 10.5 Magnetic Fields of the Planets; 10.6 Geomagnetic Relevance; Chapter 11. Examples of Synthesis; 11.1 Fluid Velocities in the Core; 11.2 Core-Mantle Coupling: Length of Day; 11.3 Paleomagnetism and Dynamo Theory; 11.4 Variations at the Core-Mantle Boundary and the Earth's Surface; Appendix A: SI and Gaussian CGS Units and Conversion Factors; Appendix B: Functions Associated with Spherical Harmonics; B.1 The Scalar Potential; B.2 The Legendre Functions Pl; B.3 The Associated Legendre Functions Pl, m; B.4 Normalization of the Associated Legendre Functio |