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    The geomagnetic poles are antipodal points where the axis of a best-fitting dipole intersects the surface of Earth. This theoretical dipole is equivalent...
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    near (but distinct from) the geographic north pole. The geomagnetic north pole is the northern antipodal pole of an ideal dipole model of the Earth's magnetic...
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    The south magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic south pole, is the point on Earth's Southern Hemisphere where the geomagnetic field lines are directed...
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    conversely the South geomagnetic pole corresponds to the north pole of Earth's magnetic field (because opposite magnetic poles attract and the north...
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  • A geomagnetic reversal is a change in a planet's dipole magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged (not...
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  • A geomagnetic excursion, like a geomagnetic reversal, is a significant change in the Earth's magnetic field. Unlike reversals, an excursion is not a long-term...
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    by the solar wind, pushing it about 15° away from the geomagnetic pole (not the geographic pole) in the noon direction and 23° away in the midnight direction...
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    The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite...
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    conversely the South geomagnetic pole corresponds to the north pole of Earth's magnetic field (because opposite magnetic poles attract and the north...
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    A geomagnetic storm, also known as a magnetic storm, is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave. The disturbance...
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  • surface where the Earth's magnetic field points directly upwards South Geomagnetic Pole – the point of intersection of the Earth's surface with the axis of...
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  • Earth's magnetic field points directly downwards North magnetic pole § North Geomagnetic Pole, the point of intersection of the Earth's surface with the axis...
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    location of the Lake Mungo geomagnetic excursion, the first convincing evidence that Geomagnetic excursions are a geomagnetic phenomenon rather than sedimentological...
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    The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong...
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  • with its rotational axis, meaning that the geomagnetic poles are relatively close to the geographic poles. However, this is not necessarily the case for...
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  • and oceans over hundreds of millions of years. Pole shift hypotheses are not the same as geomagnetic reversal, the occasional reversal of Earth's magnetic...
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  • geographic poles, it is defined by the axis of the geomagnetic dipole, which can be accurately extracted from the International Geomagnetic Reference Field...
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  • Pole, the North Pole is not located on a continental landmass but in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. See also North Magnetic Pole. North Geomagnetic Pole...
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    magnetic latitude ( λ {\displaystyle \lambda } ). Geomagnetic pole Dipole International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) Magnetosphere World Magnetic...
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  • The Laschamp or Laschamps event[note 1] was a geomagnetic excursion (a short reversal of the Earth's magnetic field). It occurred between 42,200 and 41...
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    UT on March 13, a severe geomagnetic storm struck Earth. The storm began on Earth with extremely intense auroras at the poles. The aurora could be seen...
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    Observatory on 17 August 2008. The south geomagnetic pole is currently tilted 10 degrees away from the South Pole towards Western Australia, allowing for...
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    South Pole, at the middle of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vostok is located near the southern pole of inaccessibility and the south geomagnetic pole, making...
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    large gravitational mass concentration. Geomagnetic excursion Geomagnetic reversal Polar wander North Magnetic Pole Moving Due to Core Flux, National Geographic...
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  • coordinates. An alternative way of defining paleomagnetic poles is to calculate a virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) for each individual rock unit and then estimate...
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  • patterns, flowing towards the Sun during the day and towards the geomagnetic poles at night. Both telluric and magnetotelluric methods exploit these...
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    May 2024 solar storms (category Geomagnetic storms)
    extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13 May 2024 during solar cycle 25. The geomagnetic storm was the most powerful...
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    over time (a phenomenon called geomagnetic secular variation). Mostly the geomagnetic pole stays near the geographic pole, but at random intervals averaging...
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  • Paleomagnetic poles or paleopoles are positions of the geomagnetic poles identified by the study of magnetic fields of the past as recorded in rocks and...
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  • things. Organisation of two IGY scientific stations near the south geomagnetic pole and pole of relative inaccessibility An inland tractor-sledge traverse...
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