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Dynamical similarity of geomagnetic field reversals

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  • Jean-Pierre Valet

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France)

  • Alexandre Fournier

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France)

  • Vincent Courtillot

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France)

  • Emilio Herrero-Bervera

    (SOEST-Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1608 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

Abstract

Volcanic records of the reversals of the geomagnetic field can be well matched under the assumption of a common reversal duration, and imply that the reversal process comprises three phases—a precursor, a fast polarity switch and a rebound—the properties of which have remained unchanged for about 180 million years.

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  • Jean-Pierre Valet & Alexandre Fournier & Vincent Courtillot & Emilio Herrero-Bervera, 2012. "Dynamical similarity of geomagnetic field reversals," Nature, Nature, vol. 490(7418), pages 89-93, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:490:y:2012:i:7418:d:10.1038_nature11491
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11491
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    1. Daniil Tolmachev & Roman Chertovskih & Simon Ranjith Jeyabalan & Vladislav Zheligovsky, 2024. "Predictability of Magnetic Field Reversals," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-20, February.

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