MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH

Name: MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH
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Erschienen am 18. September 1996

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Cover
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. History of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
1.1 Discovery of the Main Magnetic Elements
1.2 Fossil Magnetism and the Magnetic Field in the Past
1.3 Investigations of the External Magnetic Field
1.4 Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field
Chapter 2. The Present Geomagnetic Field: Analysis and Description from Historical Observations
2.1 Magnetic Elements and Charts
2.2 Spherical Harmonic Description of the Earth's Magnetic Field
2.3 Uniqueness and Other Mathematical Problems
2.4 Geomagnetic Secular Variation
2.5 The External Magnetic Field
Chapter 3. Foundations of Paleomagnetism
3.1 Rock Magnetism
3.2 Magnetic Mineralogy
3.3 Paleomagnetic Directions and Poles
3.4 Paleointensity Methods
3.5 Age Determinations
Chapter 4. The Recent Geomagnetic Field: Paleomagnetic Observations
4.1 Archeomagnetic Results
4.2 Analysis of Recent Lake Sediments
4.3 Geomagnetic Excursions
4.4 The Geomagnetic Power Spectrum
Chapter 5. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field
5.1 Evidence for Field Reversal
5.2 Marine Magnetic Anomalies
5.3 Analysis of Reversal Sequences
5.4 Polarity Transitions
Chapter 6. The Time-Averaged Paleomagnetic Field
6.1 Geocentric Axial Dipole Hypothesis
6.2 Second-Order Terms
6.3 Variation in the Earth's Dipole Moment
6.4 Paleosecular Variation from Lavas (PSVL)
Chapter 7. Processes and Properties of the Earth's Deep Interior: Basic Principles
7.1 Seismic Properties of the Earth's Interior
7.2 Chemical and Physical Properties
7.3 Thermodynamic Properties of the Earth's Deep Interior
7.4 Thermal History Models
7.5 Nondynamo Models for the Earth's Magnetic Field
7.6 Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals
7.7 Energy Sources
Chapter 8. Introduction to Dynamo Theory
8.1 The Dynamo Problem
8.2 The Magnetic Induction Equation
8.3 The a- and ?-Effects of Dynamo Theory
8.4 Waves in Dynamo Theory
8.5 Symmetries in Dynamo Theory
8.6 Theories for Geomagnetic Secular Variations and Magnetic Field Reversals
Chapter 9. Dynamo Theory
9.1 Vector Spherical Harmonics
9.2 Kinematic Dynamos
9.3 Cowling's Theorem and Other Constraints
9.4 Turbulence in the Core
9.5 Dynamo Waves
9.6 Dynamics of the Geodynamo
Chapter 10. The Magnetic Fields of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
10.1 Origin of the Solar System
10.2 The Sun
10.3 The Moon
10.4 Meteorites
10.5 Magnetic Fields of the Planets
10.6 Geomagnetic Relevance
Chapter 11. Examples of Synthesis
11.1 Fluid Velocities in the Core
11.2 Core-Mantle Coupling: Length of Day
11.3 Paleomagnetism and Dynamo Theory
11.4 Variations at the Core-Mantle Boundary and the Earth's Surface
Appendix A: SI and Gaussian CGS Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix B: Functions Associated with Spherical Harmonics
B.1 The Scalar Potential
B.2 The Legendre Functions Pl
B.3 The Associated Legendre Functions Pl,m
B.4 Normalization of the Associated Legendre Functions
B.5 Inclination Anomaly Model for Zonal Harmonics
References
Author Index
Index

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