Our magnetic Earth : the science of geomagnetism
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
538.7/MERRILL,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010
DESCRIPTION
261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780226520506 (cloth : alk. paper), 0226520501 (cloth : alk. paper), 0226520501 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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