Re: Solid body magnetic fields

In rec.arts.sf.science Crown-Horned Snorkack <chornedsnorkack@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> What are solid body magnetic fields like and what CAN they be like?

> The geomagnetic field is known to have reversed sometimes.

> How long does a geomagnetic reversal last? And what is the magnetic
> field like while a geomagnetic reversal is in progress?

   There are some images, and an animation, here:
http://www.psc.edu/science/glatzmaier.html

   The entire reversal takes about 1200 years in their simulation.  During
that time there are a lot of local magnetic norths and souths wandering
all over the globe.

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