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Geomagnetic Strength Over the Last 50,000 Years and Changes in Atmospheric 14C Concentration: Emerging Trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mike Barbetti
Mike Barbetti*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, Adelaide 5001, Australia
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Palaeomagnetic field strength measurements for the last 50,000 years are summarized. The period before ~12,000 yr bp is characterized by low dipole moments, but high values are associated with the Lake Mungo polarity excursion between ~32,000 and ~28,000 yr bp. The variation since 12,000 yr bp, based on new results from Australia and published data from the Northern Hemisphere has a quasi-cyclic appearance with maxima at ~10,000 and ~3500 yr bp. The geomagnetic record is used to predict variations in atmospheric 14C concentration, and the results are compared with independent comparisons between 14C and other dating methods. Long-term variations in the 14C time-scale are readily explained by known geomagnetic changes.

Type
Natural 14C Variations
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 1980 , pp. 192 - 199
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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