Merrill, Ronald T.

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.

9780226520506 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226520501 (cloth : alk. paper)

2010012964


Geomagnetism.
Paleomagnetism.
Dynamo theory (Cosmic physics)


Electronic books.

QC816 / .M474 2010

538/.7