A magnetic reversal record

Ronald T. Merrill ()
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Ronald T. Merrill: the Geophysics Program, University of Washington

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6652, 678-679

Abstract: Periodically, the Earth's magnetic field reverses, and has done so hundreds of times in the past. What happens to the direction of the magnetic field during reversals remains a matter of debate, as do what constitute the best sources of palaeomagnetic information on the subject. Records from North Atlantic sedimentary cores now add fresh data on the two most recent, well-documented events. They are especially notable because the sediments concerned were deposited at comparatively high rates, and thus provide a high-resolution record.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/39482

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