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Main Point: the passage introduces a now widely accepted theory of geomagnetic field reversal, the development of the theory, and its implication for geophysicists now
Key Structure:
Part I: use an observation to introduce 2 potential hypos: 1) fields lessen and will grow back, and 2) magnetic field reversal
Part II: trace back to introduce context knowledge: 1) earth magnetic field comes from fluids motions in outer core, 2) no comprehensive understanding of the dynamo but can observe magnetic field from rocks dated back to time of their formation
Part III: discuss the development of geomagnetic field reversal theory: from 1906 BB (not mainstream) by observing rocks, to 1960s lava research (accepted at large). Lava research shows 9 major reversal across 3.6mn years. The time has been expanded back 170mn years since the lava research.
Part IV: conclude that the reversal is a transition period of a few thousand years (98% stable). Key things for geophysicists today: chronicle the field behavior (shape shift and fluctuation) -> crucial to understand geodynamo |
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