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The Influence of Continents and Oceans on Geomagnetic Variations

W. D. Parkinson

Geophysical Journal International, 1962

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Abstract

During bays and similar magnetic variations the vectors representing changes in the geomagnetic field tend to lie on or close to a plane. The orientation of this plane varies from one observatory to another. At coastal observatories it almost invariably tilts upward towards the nearest deep ocean.

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