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Analysis of cores collected from a sequence of lavas in Eastern Iceland has made possible an accurate calculation of the average rate of reversal of the Earth's magnetic field.
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DAGLEY, P., WILSON, R., ADE-HALL, J. et al. Geomagnetic Polarity Zones for Icelandic Lavas. Nature 216, 25–29 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216025a0
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