Essentials of paleomagnetism
By: Lisa Tauxe ; with contributions from Robert F. Butler, R. Van der Voo, and Subir K. Banerjee
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780520260313
Description: "More than 400 years ago, William Gilbert said, "The Earth itself is a great magnet." Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This comprehensive, up-to-date textbook focuses on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. Designed for students and professionals with knowledge of college-level physics and some background in earth sciences, it describes both the theory and practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. The book uses the companion PmagPy software package. An appendix contains a brief introduction to Python, an easy-to-use, cross-platform, and most important, free programming environment in which PmagPy programs are written."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.