Title: INVESTIGATION OF THE GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY PATTERN (FROM THE CRETACEOUS TO THE QUATERNARY)

Author(s): KLETETSCHKA G

Source: STUDIA GEOPHYSICA ET GEODAETICA 36 (3): 230-239 1992

Document Type: Article

Language: English

Abstract: The paper deals with the statistical approach to processing the polarity durations of the Earth's magnetic dipole over the past 170 million years. Partial elimination of the random component enables the mutual relation between normal and reversed polarities to be determined. The polarity time sequence has further been divided into several intervals. The frequency distributions for normal and reversed polarities have been established for each of these intervals. It has been found that the random component of the reversal triggering mechanism hides a pattern of behaviour which displays a certain amount of logic.

Addresses: KLETETSCHKA G (reprint author), CHARLES UNIV, FAC MATH & PHYS, DEPT GEOPHYS, V HOLESOVICKACH 2, PRAGUE, CS-18000 8 CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Publisher: PLENUM PUBL CORP, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013

Subject Category: GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS

IDS Number: JY031