The earth may have even reversed the direction of its field several times during its history of 4 to 5 billion years. How can geologists know about the earth’s field in past?

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2022-08-19

The earth may have even reversed the direction of its field several times during its history of 4 to 5 billion years. How can geologists know about the earth’s field in past?

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Rayan Ali

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The study of the rocks and soil to know about the magnetic properties is termed as rock magnetism.
The magnetic fields of the earth is weakly recorded in rocks during their solidification. So, the earth's field is calculated from the analysis of this rock magnetism.
Thus, the geologists know about the earth's field by studying rock magnetism.

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