• Question: What is a Paleomagnetism?

    Asked by wizzyg12 to Kate, Claire on 28 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 28 Jun 2013:


      It’s the study of earth’s magnetic field in rocks.

      The earth’s magnetic field has changed over time, and some rocks contain information on this (like the way magnetic minerals in the rock will line up). So by looking at the rocks you can tell what the earths magnetic field was doing, and when!

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