Palaeosecular variation recorded by lava flows over the past five million years

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Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Johnson Catherine L. and Constable Catherine G. 1996Palaeosecular variation recorded by lava flows over the past five million yearsPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.35489–141http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1996.0004SectionRestricted accessArticlePalaeosecular variation recorded by lava flows over the past five million years Catherine L. Johnson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Catherine G. Constable Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Catherine L. Johnson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Catherine G. Constable Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:15 January 1996https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1996.0004AbstractWe present a new global palaeomagnetic database, comprising lava flows and thin intrusive bodies, suitable for studying palaeosecular variation and the time-averaged field. The database is presented in some detail in the appendix and is available on-line from the authors. We review palaeosecular variation models to date, emphasizing the assumptions required and the rather arbitrary construction of many of these models. Preliminary studies of the statistical properties of the new database suggest that existing palaeosecular variation models are inadequate to explain the long-term temporal variations in the field. It is increasingly apparent that data distribution and quality are pivotal in determining the characteristics of the secular variation. The work presented here demonstrates the need for revised models of the time-averaged field structure for both normal and reverse polarities before reliable models for palaeosecular variation can be made.FootnotesThis text was harvested from a scanned image of the original document using optical character recognition (OCR) software. As such, it may contain errors. Please contact the Royal Society if you find an error you would like to see corrected. Mathematical notations produced through Infty OCR. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Gerritsen D, Vaes B and Hinsbergen D (2022) Influence of Data Filters on the Position and Precision of Paleomagnetic Poles: What Is the Optimal Sampling Strategy?, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10.1029/2021GC010269, 23:4, Online publication date: 1-Apr-2022. 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