paleomagnetism
nounUK /peɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈmaɡnətɪzm/
Etymology From paleo- + magnetism.
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Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Usually The study of the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field as it has changed over geologic time.
- The crucial work on palaeomagnetism was already under way less than ten years after Holmes's first edition.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 139:
- Related terms
- paleomagnetic, paleomagnetics