MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH
1st Edition
Published on 18. September 1996
530 pages
978-0-08-055320-7 (ISBN)
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MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH
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Ronald T. Merrill | Michael W. McElhinny | Phillip L. McFadden
The Magnetic Field of the Earth
Paleomagnetism, the Core and the Deep Mantle
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Content
- 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
