Polarity Transition Records and the Geomagnetic Dynamo

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Hoffman, Kenneth A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1977
• Subjects: Levy; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4296.1329; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.196.4296.1329

The Parker-Levy approach to reversals of the geomagnetic field predicts meridional transitional paths of the virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) which pass either through the site of observation or through its antipode, depending upon the site location and the sense of the polarity transition. Comparison...