Earth's magnetic field : its history, origin and planetary perspective, The

Front Cover; The Earth's Magnetic Field: Its History, Origin and Planetary Perspective; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter One. History of Geomagnetism and Palaeomagnetism; Chapter Two. The Present Geomagnetic Field: Analysis and Description from Historical Observations; Chapter Three. Fundamentals of Palaeomagnetism; Chapter Four. The Recent Geomagnetic Field: Palaeomagnetic Observations; Chapter Five. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field; Chapter Six. The Time-averaged Palaeomagnetic Field; Chapter Seven. Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field 1: Introduction and Physical Insight