palaeomagnetism

(ˌpælɪəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm)

(Geological Science) the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field

ˌpalaeomagˈnetic adj

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Palaeomagnetism of Middle Ordovician carbonate sequence, Vaivara Sinimaed area, northeast Estonia, Baltica.

Ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for mapping bedrock topography and fracture zones: a case study in Viru-Nigula, NE Estonia/Aluspohja reljeefi ja rikkevoondite kaardistamine georadari ning eritakistuse tomograafiaga Viru-Nigulas (Kirde-Eestis)

He said that they have reviewed these and combined them with the new figures from palaeomagnetism in order to expand upon the chronology of this level TD6 of the Gran Dolina and the fossils it contains.

Homo antecessors may have walked Earth 900,000 years ago

The team dated the archaeological remains using palaeomagnetism, a technique that identifies the fossilized direction of the Earths magnetic field in sediments, the findings of which are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science journal.

Stone tools reveal ancient human diet

The sequence of kiln technology development at Si Satchanalai has been fairly well established through a combination of radiocarbon and thermoluminescence dating, palaeomagnetism and stratigraphic analysis (Barbetti and Hein, 1989).

Thai stoneware of the 14th to 16th centuries: Glen R. Brown has researched 14-16th century stoneware production in Thailand

In Palaeomagnetism and Diagenesis in Sediments (Tarling, D.

Diagenetic influences on iron-bearing minerals in Devonian carbonate and siliciclastic rocks of Estonia / Diageneetiliste muutuste moju rauamineraalidele Eesti Devoni karbonaatsetes ja terrigeensetes kivimites

and Bidgood, D.E.T., 1959, Palaeomagnetism in some Norwegian Sparagmites and the Late pre-Cambrian Ice Age: Nature, v.

Frozen in time: concepts of 'global glaciation' from 1837 (die Eiszeit) to 1998 (the Snowball Earth)

Herries dated the archaeological remains using palaeomagnetism, a technique that identifies the fossilised direction of the Earth's magnetic field in sediments.