Paleointensity

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Noun
  1. 1
    The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past

    "Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained."

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"Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained."

Etymology

From paleo- + intensity.

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