normal geomagnetic polarity

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• Geomagnetic reversal — Magnetic reversal redirects here. For switching of a magnet, see Magnetization reversal. Geomagnetic polarity during the late Cenozoic Era. Dark areas denote periods where the polarity matches today s polarity, light areas denote periods where… …   Wikipedia

• geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …   Universalium

• Geomagnetic storm — This article is about disturbances within Earth s magnetosphere. For other uses of magnetic storm , see Magnetic storm (disambiguation). Solar particles interact with Earth s magnetosphere. A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of the… …   Wikipedia

• Earth's magnetic field — Computer simulation of the Earth s field in a normal period between reversals.[1] The tubes represent magnetic field lines, blue when the field points towards the center and yellow when away. The rotation axis of the Earth is centered and… …   Wikipedia

• Columbia River Basalt Group — The Columbia River Basalt Group (including the Steen and Picture Gorge basalts) extends over portions of five states. The Columbia River Basalt Group is a large igneous province that lies across parts of the Western United States . It is found in …   Wikipedia

• Tertiary Period — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era, the second being the Quaternary. The Tertiary has five subdivisions: (from oldest to youngest) the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene …   Universalium

• Mediterranean Sea — Mediterranean redirects here. For other uses, see Mediterranean (disambiguation). Mediterranean sea redirects here. For the oceanographical term, see Mediterranean sea (oceanography). Mediterranean Sea Composite satellite ima …   Wikipedia

• Year — A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic. In astronomy, the… …   Wikipedia

• Richard L. Hay — Richard LeRoy Hay (April 29 1929 ndash; February 10 2006) was an American geologist whose most famous work was as the principal geologist working with Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, the site of many important hominid finds in the study of human… …   Wikipedia

• Point Stratotypique Mondial — Le Point Stratotypique Mondial (PSM) (Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point, GSSP), définit les limites existantes entre deux étages géologiques, ne laissant pas la posssibilité de vide ou de chevauchement entre eux. Les PSM sont établie… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Point stratotypique mondial — Le Point Stratotypique Mondial (PSM) (Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point, GSSP), définit les limites existantes entre deux étages géologiques, ne laissant pas la possibilité de vide ou de chevauchement entre eux. Les PSM sont établis… …   Wikipédia en Français