J. A. Jacobs

Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have played a major role in establishing plate tectonics and a geological time scale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 704g
• ISBN-13: 9780521450720
• ISBN-10: 0521450721
• Artikelnr.: 22404222

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Earth's magnetic field
2. The magnetisation of rocks
3. The morphology of geomagnetic reversals
4. Geomagnetic excursions
5. Models for reversals
6. Transition fields
7. Magnetostratigraphy
8. The Earth's magnetic field and other geophysical phenomena
References
Index.