Open AccessA Robust Proxy for Geomagnetic Reversal Rates in Deep Time
Author(s) -
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo152491
Subject(s) - proxy (statistics) , earth's magnetic field , geology , geodesy , geophysics , statistics , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
The strength of Earth’s magnetic field in the distant past can tell scientists whether the planet’s magnetic poles were steady or prone to frequent reversals.