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INNER CORE SOLIDIFICATION

Geodynamo recharged

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Transition from a weak and erratic geomagnetic field to a more stable one around 560 million years ago, inferred from palaeomagnetic measurements, suggests that the inner core may have solidified around that time, much later than thought.

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Fig. 1: Core and field.

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