Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1973
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1973pepi....7....9l&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 7, Issue 1, p. 9-14.
Physics
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Scientific paper
The linear properties of Maxwell's equations enable the primary and secondary fields of geomagnetic variations to be related together by an induction tensor. Variations of total field which are confined on or near a plane, as described first by Parkinson, can occur formally only under certain conditions on either the induction tensor (that it have a simple degeneracy), or on the primary variation field components (that they consistently obey the same linear relationship over all time). The second condition is implausible for typical transient variations observed on earth, and examination of the first condition demonstrates that for variations with no consistent correlation of the horizontal components, the existence of a well-determined Parkinson vector means that observed vertical variations are secondary fields, induced by observed horizontal variations. This conclusion has important implications for the theoretical explanation of the geomagnetic ``coast effect''. That primary fields be spatially uniform is a tacit condition of much theoretical work on geomagnetic variations, though the condition can in fact be relaxed to require spatial uniformity of the primary fields just within some ``induction region''. If however the primary fields are not uniform over the induction region a poor Parkinson-vector determination may result. This may be most noticeable at sites which have their induction regions greatly extended by a process such as current channelling.
Bennett D. J.
Lilley E. M. F.
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