Essentials of paleomagnetism / Lisa Tauxe ; with contributions from Robert F. Butler, R. Van der Voo, and Subir K. Banerjee.
2010
QE501.4.P35 T3835 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Essentials of paleomagnetism / Lisa Tauxe ; with contributions from Robert F. Butler, R. Van der Voo, and Subir K. Banerjee.
Author
ISBN
9780520260313 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520260317 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520260317 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Description
xvi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Call Number
QE501.4.P35 T3835 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
538/.727
Summary
"More than 400 years ago, William Gilbert said, "The Earth itself is a great magnet." Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This comprehensive, up-to-date textbook focuses on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. Designed for students and professionals with knowledge of college-level physics and some background in earth sciences, it describes both the theory and practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. The book uses the companion PmagPy software package. An appendix contains a brief introduction to Python, an easy-to-use, cross-platform, and most important, free programming environment in which PmagPy programs are written."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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