Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.365..829g&link_type=abstract
Nature, Volume 365, Issue 6449, pp. 829-832 (1993).
Physics
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Scientific paper
HISTORICAL geomagnetic measurements covering the past 400 years reveal a symmetrical pattern of four relatively stationary flux concentrations ('lobes') at the surface of the liquid core and regions of rapid change extending from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean1. Palaeomagnetic data define a time-average over several thousand years2 which might reflect the stationary parts of the present field, but unfortunately the historical record is too short to provide a satisfactory average3. Here we model palaeomagnetic directions from the past 2.5 Myr using the same methods as for modern data4, and find the two northern lobes in the same position as today, over Arctic Canada and Siberia. In southern regions, by contrast, the field appears to have been smoothed out, as might be expected from the current rapid secular variation1. We propose that the present geomagnetic field morphology and pattern of secular variation have persisted for several million years, as would occur if the solid mantle controls flow at the top of the core.
Gubbins David
Kelly Peter
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