RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 7, ES3003, doi:10.2205/2005ES000175, 2005
[48] My goal was to emphasize the intricacy of the general problem: "Geomagnetic field during its polarity reversals'' and to "shake'' the pessimism existing concerning its solution. It would be too optimistic to expect, as it was at the very outset of its research, that this complex (yet very interesting and important) problem can be solved rapidly.
[49] In conclusion, I would draw the attention of the readers of my paper to some questions, the answers to which should be found by way of initiating some joint projects for performing both the field surveys and laboratory studies of the stationary magnetic field and of the field during its reversals in the course of studying the magnetization of rapidly accumulating rocks, without answering which this extremely important and interesting problem can hardly be solved:
[50] (1) Is the high variation of the characteristic times of the stationary magnetic field elements a real fact, or these results reflect the effects of some extraneous factors?
[51] (2) If the answer is affirmative, can we find some characteristics of these variations which suggest an approaching reversal?
[52] (3) Did the geomagnetic field record any traces of the triggering mechanism of its reversal, and if the answer is "yes'', were the characteristics of the magnetic field during these events different from the characteristics of the anomalous field during its general stationary state far before and after the reversals?
[53] (4) Is the regular behavior of the field intensity, namely, its reversal at the background of the low field - the abrupt growth of the field intensity - the slow decline of the intensity of the stationary field of one polarity almost throughout its existence - inversion, and so on, a real fact?
[54] (5) Is it a real fact that the stationary field consisted in some cases of at least two fields, namely, of some central axial dipole and an extra field which could be represented by an independent dipole or by sectorial harmonics? What role did this additional field play during reversals, and so on.
Citation: 2005), Geomagnetic field reversals: Main results and basic problems, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 7, ES3003, doi:10.2205/2005ES000175.
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