References
Books
- Merrill, R.T., McElhinny, M.W., 1983. The Earth's Magnetic Fiel. Its History, Origin and Planetary Perspective. Volume 32. London: Academic Press.
- Jacobs, J.A., 1994. Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field. Volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Merrill, R.T., McElhinny, M.W., McFadden, P.L., 1996.The Magnetic Field of the Earth. Paleomagnetism, the Core, and the Deep Mantle. Volume 63. London: Academic Press
Electronic sources: websites
- British Geological Survey, NERC, 2012. National environmental research council. [online] Available at: <http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/earthmag.html#_Toc2075554>
- The Nature and Origin of Planetary Magnetic Fields, 1994. [online] Available at: <http://evildrganymede.net/work/magfield.htm>
- Esa News, 2000. Earth's magnetic field provides vital protection. [online] Available at:<http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXWW7YBZG_Life_0.html>
- Esa Science & Technology, 2000. Earth's protectice bubble hasn't burst. [online] Available at: <http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=50113>
- Wikipedia. Earth's magnetic field. [online] Availaible at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_magnetic_field> [Accessed 9 December 2012].
- Universe Today. What is a Magnetic Field. [online] Available at: <http://www.universetoday.com/74577/what-is-a-magnetic-field/> [Accessed 29 September 2010].
- Astrobiology Magazine, 2012. The Importance of Being Magnetized. [online] Available at: <http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3856/the-importance-of-being-magnetized>
- iMRS, 2012. Earth's Magnetic Field. [online] Available at: <http://www.imrs.net/en/glossary/earths-magnetic-field.html>
- USGS. The USGS Monitors Earth's Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms. [online] Available at: <http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-usgs-monitors-earth’s-magnetic-field-to-prepare-citizens-for-magnetic-storms/> [Accessed 14 September 2011].
- Physorg, 2003-2012. Earth's Magnetic Field- A Hazard For Lunar Astronauts? [online] Available at: <http://phys.org/news95949686.html> [Accessed 16 April 2007].
Images/Diagrams
- Magnetosphere: Sun and Earth. [image online] Available at: <lasp.colorado.edu>
- WordlessTec. [online] Available at: <http://images.wordlesstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/earths-magnetosphere.jpg>
- BBC. The solar wind's effect on Earth. [image online]
- Wikipedia-Schematic of the Magnetosphere
- Wikipedia-Magnetosphere. [image online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magnetosphere_rendition.jpg>
- EnchantedLearning, 1999-2010. Earth's Magnetosphere. [online] Available at: <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Magnetosphere.shtml>
- Wikipedia-Schematic of Earth's magnetosphere. [image online] Available at: <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Structure_of_the_magnetosphere_mod.svg/320px-Structure_of_the_magnetosphere_mod.svg.png>
- Wikipedia-Earth's dipolar magnetic field [image online]
- Coriolis effect in the core creating "rolls" of material that create the magnetic field. [image online] Available at: <http://www.abc.net.au>
- Earth's Interior mapped by using P & S waves. [image online] Available at: <ck12.org>
- Reversals of magnetic poles in 115-120 ka BP and ~150Ma. Image courtesy: Jacobs, J.A. Reversals of Earth's Magnetic Field after Laj et al. (1991)
- Geomagnetic polarity time-scale. Black represents normal polarity, white represents reversed polarity. Image courtesy: McDougall, 1979