Open AccessOn the Reality of a Reversal of the Earth's Magnetic Field
Author(s) -
R. L. Wilson
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1961.tb02929.x
Subject(s) - geophysics , geology , earth (classical element) , field (mathematics) , astrobiology , geodesy , physics , mathematics , astronomy , pure mathematics
Summary A large variety of evidence is presented concerning reversal of the Earth's magnetic field during the Tertiary igneous activity in Northern Ireland. Different magnetic minerals, which acquired their natural moments in different ways, all support the reality of a field reversal, as opposed to self‐reversal of the rocks in a normal field.