Geomagnetism Solid Earth and Upper Atmosphere Perspectives /

• Main Author: Basavaiah, Nathani (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Geophysics.; Astrophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

With the awareness that the Earth has a magnetic field, its mathematical description, discovery of remanent magnetisation in rocks and discovery of the periodic reversals of the geomagnetic field polarity, geomagnetism within geophysics became an interesting field of study. This is primarily due to...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Historical perspective
• 2. Internal magnetic field
• 3. Magnetic field that extends into space
• 4. Instrumentation
• 5. Biomagnetism
• 6. Magnetic observatory and data analysis
• 7. Solid Earth geomagnetism
• 8. Upper atmosphere studies
• 9. Usefullness of geomagnetic research
• 10. Perspective
• Select glossary
• Select bibliography
• Index.