Geomagnetic Field Variations

• Main Authors: Glaβmeier, Karl-Heinz (Author), Soffel, Heinrich (Author), Negendank, Jörg F.W (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geophysics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.

Earth's magnetic field is currently changing dramatically. Is the observed decrease of the dipole moment indicating a future polarity transition? What would be the effects of such a drastic change on system Earth? Can any positive or negative effects on our biosphere or even humans be expected?...

Table of Contents:

• The Geomagnetic Field
• The Recent Geomagnetic Field and its Variations
• Records of Paleomagnetic Field Variations
• Numerical Models of the Geodynamo: From Fundamental Cartesian Models to 3D Simulations of Field Reversals
• Effects of Geomagnetic Variations on System Earth.