著者
Charles R. DENHAM
出版者
Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
雑誌
Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity (ISSN:00221392)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.26, no.5, pp.487-498, 1974 (Released:2010-03-12)
参考文献数
29
被引用文献数
51 61

Paleomagnetic directions from two sites at Mono Lake, California, 24000 years ago traced-out a well-defined counter-clockwise loop 25° in diameter. Major features of the loop can be explained by an inward directed radial dipole located at 0.5 Earth's radius, drifting eastward along a path 15° south of Mono Lake. Its longitudinal velocity was 0.10-0.19°/yr and its strength was 0.12-0.21 relative to the Earth's main dipole moment. The life-span of this perturbing source probably was similar to the period of the magnetic loop, about 850 years.