Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field

Reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have played a major role in establishing plate tectonics and a geological time scale.

Klappentext

Reversals of the Earth??'s magnetic field have played a major role in establishing plate tectonics and a geological time scale.

Zusammenfassung
Reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have played a major role in the development of plate tectonics and in establishing a geological time scale. In this 1994 book, observational data and ideas on the mechanism of the reversal process are reviewed in detail.

Inhalt
Preface; 1. The Earth's magnetic field; 2. The magnetisation of rocks; 3. The morphology of geomagnetic reversals; 4. Geomagnetic excursions; 5. Models for reversals; 6. Transition fields; 7. Magnetostratigraphy; 8. The Earth's magnetic field and other geophysical phenomena; References; Index.