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What does paleomagnetism mean?

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  1. (geology) The study of the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field as it has changed over geologic time.
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They also undertake studies in reflection seismology, geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, geothermics, the Earth's gravitational field and marine sedimentology.
By the end of the 1960s the knowledge available, provided by bathymetrics, paleomagnetism and seismography in particular, was extensive.
So-called exotic terranes, geologic fragments that differ markedly in stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and paleontology from adjoining continental crust, were accreted to the margin of the North American plate.
The most useful is paleomagnetism and the sub-discipline of archeomagnetism.
Nevertheless, the explosive development of rock magnetism and paleomagnetism after the war, in France most notably the work of Emile Thellier, could hardly fail to attract his attention.
Stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the upper middle Eocene to lower Miocene Sespe Formation, Ventura County, California.

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