paleomagnetism
noun
magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
paleomagnetic
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a word derived from
paleomagnetism.
Example Sentences
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When studied alongside paleomagnetic evidence, these gases may offer a new way to trace how Earth's magnetosphere changed over long periods of time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Critics believe untold other drillings have gone unreported in volcanic landscapes across the West since paleomagnetic studies emerged as an important scientific endeavor in the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
Traditional paleomagnetic measurements using superconducting sensors had found faint fields preserved in the zircons, a clue that Earth had a magnetic field half a billion years earlier than expected.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2020
“Getting any paleomagnetic samples from earlier time periods is so important because we have so little data,” says Sabine Stanley, a geophysicist at Johns Hopkins University.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2019
Ted Irving later set up a paleomagnetic lab at the Geological Survey of Canada in Sidney, B.C., and did a great deal of important work on understanding the geology of western North America.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
