Abstract
AbstractWe propose a global geomagnetic field model for the last 14 thousand years, based on thermoremanent records. We call the model ArchKalmag14k. ArchKalmag14k is constructed by modifying recently proposed algorithms, based on space‐time correlations. Due to the amount of data and complexity of the model, the full Bayesian posterior is numerically intractable. To tackle this, we sequentialize the inversion by implementing a Kalman‐filter with a fixed time step. Every step consists of a prediction, based on a degree dependent temporal covariance, and a correction via Gaussian process regression. Dating errors are treated via a noisy input formulation. Cross correlations are reintroduced by a smoothing algorithm and model parameters are inferred from the data. Due to the specific statistical nature of the proposed algorithms, the model comes with space and time‐dependent uncertainty estimates. The new model ArchKalmag14k shows less variation in the large‐scale degrees than comparable models. Local predictions represent the underlying data and agree with comparable models, if the location is sampled well. Uncertainties are bigger for earlier times and in regions of sparse data coverage. We also use ArchKalmag14k to analyze the appearance and evolution of the South Atlantic anomaly together with reverse flux patches at the core‐mantle boundary, considering the model uncertainties. While we find good agreement with earlier models for recent times, our model suggests a different evolution of intensity minima prior to 1650 CE. In general, our results suggest that prior to 6000 BCE the data is not sufficient to support global models.
Highlights
Global field reconstructions of the past are a key tool for understanding the dynamics of the Earth's magnetic field and the underlying processes in the Earth's core (e.g., Constable & Korte, 2015)
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This study proposes a new global geomagnetic model for the Holocene, called ArchKalmag14k
Summary
Global field reconstructions of the past are a key tool for understanding the dynamics of the Earth's magnetic field and the underlying processes in the Earth's core (e.g., Constable & Korte, 2015). This includes studying the evolution of field features, such as dipole decay, the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) and flux patches (Hartmann & Pacca, 2009; Jackson & Finlay, 2015). In the eighties, Constable and Parker (1988) first proposed using Gaussian processes to model the field dynamics, but until recently, the technique had not been applied to global field modeling. In the last years, statistical methods implementing this approach have been suggested (Hellio & Gillet, 2018; Nilsson & Suttie, 2021)
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