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Briden 1966

Briden, J.C. (1966). Variation of intensity of the palaeomagnetic field through geological time. Nature 212(5059): 246-247. doi: 10.1038/212246a0.

The results of several paleomagnetic determinations using independent methods and a wide variety of rocks from different continents are surprisingly compatible and suggest the following pattern of paleomagnetic intensity: a minimum in the mid-Paleozoic, an increase from then to the Mesozoic, a maximum in the Mesozoic, and a decrease from then to the Pleistocene. Variations in ancient field strength during and since the Paleozoic are of great importance to the origin and mechanism of the earth's magnetic field.

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Earth; field intensity; geologic time; intensity; magnetic field;, paleomagnetism; variation; variations, 18, Solid-earth geophysics

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