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- Topic of high scientific and public interest
- Serves as introduction and review of current research on geomagnetic field variations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics (AGEM)
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Earth’s magnetic field is currently changing dramatically. Is the observed decrease of the dipole moment indicating a future polarity transition? What would be the effects of such a drastic change on system Earth? Can any positive or negative effects on our biosphere or even humans be expected?
This book gives a first overview about the geomagnetic field in general and serves as an introduction into geomagnetism. As the topic of the book covers a wide range of scientific disciplines, the first chapter summarises basic principles of geomagnetism and related fields including a historic overview, instruments and measurements, paleomagnetic fields, basics of dynamo theory, etc. The contributed chapters review major results of international activities aiming at understanding the causes and effects of geomagnetic field variations in view of the questions above.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geomagnetic Field Variations
Authors: Karl-Heinz Glaβmeier, Heinrich Soffel, Jörg F.W. Negendank
Series Title: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76939-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-76938-5Published: 28 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09560-3Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-76939-2Published: 20 October 2008
Series ISSN: 1866-8348
Series E-ISSN: 1866-8356
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 213
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Earth Sciences, general, Paleontology, Planetology