Our magnetic Earth the science of geomagnetism / [print and electronic resource] :
Ronald T. Merrill.
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- 261 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.
Magnetism and the present magnetic field -- Magnetic field reversals -- Earth's internal composition and the origin of Earth's magnetic field -- The sun-earth connection -- Magnetic orientation and navigation by animals -- The effects of geomagnetism and plate tectonics on climate and paleoclimate.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.