The earth's magnetic field : its history, origin and planetary perspective /

The earth s magnetic field : its history, origin, and planetary perspective.

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Main Authors: Merrill, Ronald T
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: McElhinny, Michael W
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: London ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1983.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: International geophysics series ; v. 32
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00746142/32
Summary: The earth s magnetic field : its history, origin, and planetary perspective.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-395) and index.
ISBN: 9780080954639
0080954634
Index Number: QC816
CLC: P318
Contents: Front Cover; The Earth's Magnetic Field: Its History, Origin and Planetary Perspective; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter One. History of Geomagnetism and Palaeomagnetism; Chapter Two. The Present Geomagnetic Field: Analysis and Description from Historical Observations; Chapter Three. Fundamentals of Palaeomagnetism; Chapter Four. The Recent Geomagnetic Field: Palaeomagnetic Observations; Chapter Five. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field; Chapter Six. The Time-averaged Palaeomagnetic Field; Chapter Seven. Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field 1: Introduction and Physical Insight.