The geomagnetic poles are antipodal points where the axis of a best-fitting dipole intersects the surface of Earth. This theoretical dipole is equivalent...
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magnetic and geomagnetic poles lie some distance apart. Like the north magnetic pole, the north geomagnetic pole attracts the north pole of a bar magnet and...
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The south magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic south pole, is the point on Earth's Southern Hemisphere where the geomagnetic field lines are directed...
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Earth's magnetic field (redirect from Geomagnetic)
conversely the South geomagnetic pole corresponds to the north pole of Earth's magnetic field (because opposite magnetic poles attract and the north...
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A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the Earth's dipole magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged...
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Carrington Event (redirect from September 1859 geomagnetic storm)
The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong...
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conversely the South geomagnetic pole corresponds to the north pole of Earth's magnetic field (because opposite magnetic poles attract and the north...
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surface where the Earth's magnetic field points directly upwards South Geomagnetic Pole – the point of intersection of the Earth's surface with the axis of...
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Pole, the North Pole is not located on a continental landmass but in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. See also North Magnetic Pole. North Geomagnetic Pole...
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by the solar wind, pushing it about 15° away from the geomagnetic pole (not the geographic pole) in the noon direction and 23° away in the midnight direction...
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Earth's magnetic field points directly downwards North magnetic pole § North Geomagnetic Pole, the point of intersection of the Earth's surface with the axis...
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with its rotational axis, meaning that the geomagnetic poles are relatively close to the geographic poles. However, this is not necessarily the case for...
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Plate reconstruction (redirect from Euler pole)
coordinates. An alternative way of defining paleomagnetic poles is to calculate a virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) for each individual rock unit and then estimate...
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The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation...
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South Pole, at the middle of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vostok is located near the southern pole of inaccessibility and the south geomagnetic pole, making...
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Laschamp event (redirect from Adams Transitional Geomagnetic Event)
The Laschamp or Laschamps event, also termed the Adams event, was a geomagnetic excursion (a short reversal of the Earth's magnetic field). It occurred...
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and oceans over hundreds of millions of years. Pole shift hypotheses are not the same as geomagnetic reversal, the occasional reversal of Earth's magnetic...
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Lake Mungo (section Lake Mungo geomagnetic excursion)
location of the Lake Mungo geomagnetic excursion, the first convincing evidence that geomagnetic excursions are a geomagnetic phenomenon rather than sedimentological...
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UT on March 13, a severe geomagnetic storm struck Earth. The storm began on Earth with extremely intense auroras at the poles. The aurora could be seen...
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magnetic latitude ( λ {\displaystyle \lambda } ). Geomagnetic pole Dipole International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) Magnetosphere World Magnetic...
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A geomagnetic storm, also known as a magnetic storm, is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere that is driven by interactions between the...
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patterns, flowing towards the Sun during the day and towards the geomagnetic poles at night. Both telluric and magnetotelluric methods exploit these...
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Paleomagnetic poles or paleopoles are positions of the geomagnetic poles identified by the study of magnetic fields of the past as recorded in rocks and...
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A geomagnetic excursion, like a geomagnetic reversal, is a significant change in the Earth's magnetic field. Unlike reversals, an excursion is not a long-term...
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Apparent polar wander (section Paleomagnetic poles)
present latitude-longitude map as a path connecting the locations of geomagnetic poles, inferred at distinct times using paleomagnetic techniques. In reality...
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large gravitational mass concentration. Geomagnetic excursion Geomagnetic reversal Polar wander North Magnetic Pole Moving Due to Core Flux, National Geographic...
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over time (a phenomenon called geomagnetic secular variation). Mostly the geomagnetic pole stays near the geographic pole, but at random intervals averaging...
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things. Organisation of two IGY scientific stations near the south geomagnetic pole and pole of relative inaccessibility An inland tractor-sledge traverse...
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Geomagnetic secular variation is the changes in the Earth's magnetic field on time scales of about a year or more. These changes mostly reflect changes...
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explorer who completed at least 15 polar expeditions. He reached the geomagnetic pole unaided in 2006 and is known for his solo expeditions. In 2000 he crossed...
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