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There is a significant correlation between the Earth's gravitational field and the non-dipole part of the geomagnetic field, provided the latter is displaced in longitude.
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HIDE, R., MALIN, S. Novel Correlations between Global Features of the Earth's Gravitational and Magnetic Fields. Nature 225, 605–609 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225605a0
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