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As a bonus, magnetic reversals could provide a common time marker for rocks from different locations.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 19, 2022

The alternating magnetic reversals in the rocks reflect the periodic swapping of earth’s magnetic north and south poles.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Vine, Matthews, and Morley were the first to show this type of correspondence between the relative widths of the stripes and the periods of the magnetic reversals.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The time scale of magnetic reversals is irregular.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015