Our Magnetic Earth: The Science of Geomagnetism

✍ Scribed by Ronald T. Merrill

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For the general public, magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks, movie mad scientists, and grade-school teachers than an area of actual, ongoing scientific inquiry.

But as Ronald T. Merrill reveals in Our Magnetic Earth, geomagnetism really is an enduring, vibrant area of science, one that offers answers to some of the biggest questions about our planet’s past—and maybe even its future.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Magnetism and the Present Magnetic Field
Chapter 2. Magnetic Field Reversals
Chapter 3. Earth’s Internal Composition and the Origin of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Chapter 4. The Sun-Earth Connection
Chapter 5. Magnetic Orientation and Navigation by Animals
Chapter 6. The Effects of Geomagnetism and Plate Tectonics on Climate and Paleoclimate
Epilogue: Some Parting Comments
Appendix: Rock Magnetism Fundamentals
Notes
Index