What drives the erratic reversal of Earth's magnetic field? Simulations that allow for variations in heat flow at the core–mantle boundary now implicate events in the mantle.
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Buffett, B. Role reversal in geomagnetism. Nature 401, 861–862 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/44724
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