Essentials of Paleomagnetism
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Essentials of Paleomagnetism

Lisa Tauxe

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Essentials of Paleomagnetism

Lisa Tauxe

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More than 400 years ago William Gilbert said, "The Earth itself is a great magnet." Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This work is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. Designed for students and professionals with knowledge of college level physics and some background in earth sciences, it describes both the theory and the practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. The book uses the companion PmagPy software package. An appendix contains a brief introduction to Python, an easy-to-use, cross-platform, and most important, free programming environment in which PmagPy programs are written.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780520946378
Edition
1
Topic
Sciences physiques
Subtopic
Géologie et sciences de la Terre
a)
Calculate
the
magnetic
dipole
moment
of
the
model
dipole.
Remember
to
keep
track
of
your
units!
b)
Compare
this
field
to
the
total
field
produced
by
a
centered
axial
magnetic
dipole
moment
(i.e.,
one
that
is
pointing
straight
up
and
is
in
the
center
of
the
circles)
equivalent
to
that
of
the
present
geomagnetic
field
(
m
∼
80
ZAm
2
;
Z
=
10
21
).
Assume
a
latitude
for
the
point
of
observation
of
60
◦
.
[HINT:
the
angle
θ
in
Equation
1.7
is
the
co-latitude,
not
the
latitude.]
PROBLEM
4
Knowing
that
B
=
μ
o
H
,
work
out
the
fundamental
units
of
μ
o
in
SI
units.
1.10
Problems
15
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