Polarity reversals from paleomagnetic observations and numerical dynamo simulations

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 293-335

  Amit, Hagay ^c   Leonhardt, Roman ^a   Wicht, Johannes ^b  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Excursion; Geodynamo; Geomagnetic field; Magnetic dipole; Paleomagnetic reconstruction; Reversal; Virtual geomagnetic pole

Indexed keywords

EXCURSION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; PALEOMAGNETIC RECONSTRUCTION; REVERSAL; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 78650605532     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-010-9695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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