The geomagnetic dipole moment over the last 7000 years—new results from a global model

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Jul 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005e%26psl.236..348k&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 236, Issue 1-2, p. 348-358.

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Evolution of the geomagnetic field's dipole strength is studied by geomagnetists from global spherical harmonic models and by paleomagnetists using virtual (axial) dipole moments (VDM, VADM). Based on a recently published global model of the past 7000 yr we study whether these three dipole moment descriptions can be considered equivalent, and compare the results to previous global VADM studies and recent global model dipole moments. We conclude that VADM and VDM results averaged over centennial and millennial time scales are systematically higher than the true dipole moment by about 19%. The current dipole decrease is part of a process that has been going on for about 1700 yr. The average rate of decrease is lower than the current one, but has varied significantly so that the current rate cannot be regarded as exceptional.

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