Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012pepi..190...71n&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 190, p. 71-79.
Physics
Scientific paper
Recognition of the rapid decay of Earth's magnetic field over the last 150 years, chronicled in magnetic observatory and satellite data, highlights the need for a higher resolution record of geomagnetic field behavior over the past millennium. Such a record would help us better understand the nature of the recent dramatic changes. A limitation of the existing database is undersampling of the Southern Hemisphere. Here we investigate the potential of obtaining archeomagnetic data from Iron-Age burnt grain bins from southern Africa. These structures preserve oriented material that can record both paleodirections and paleointensity information. Directional data collected from three sites (ca. 1200-1250 AD) fall 9-22° to the East of predictions. Thellier-Coe and Shaw paleointensity results differ from model values by ˜15%. The consistency of results between the three sites suggests that further investigations of these materials with different ages could markedly improve the current spatial distribution of the archeomagnetic database.
Cottrell Rory D.
Huffman Thomas N.
Neukirch Levi P.
Scribner Cecilia A.
Tarduno John A.
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