Open AccessThe Quest to Understand Reversals in Earth's Magnetic Field
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo057235
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , geology , geophysics , earth (classical element) , geomagnetic reversal , astrobiology , magnetic field , physics , astronomy , quantum mechanics
A review of the major features of the geomagnetic reversals preserved in Earth's rock record helps to answer the question, Which data could advance our understanding of these poorly described events?