Open AccessPalaeomagnetic Differences Between Normal and Reversed Field Sources, and the Problem of Far‐sided and Right‐handed Pole Positions
Author(s) -
Wilson R. L.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.tb06130.x
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , geodesy , geology , far right , geophysics , magnetic field , physics , politics , political science , law , quantum mechanics
Summary Analysis of palaeomagnetic data from the USSR, which Khramov and Sholpo have separated into normal and reversed mean data, reveals that there is considerable and obvious dissimilarity between normal and reversed regimes of the geomagnetic field source. These new data also strengthen the case for a world‐wide eastward declination of the geomagnetic field during normal regimes, and westward (west of south) declination during reversed regimes. The question of how such fields could be maintained is discussed.