Palaeomagnetism articles within Nature

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    | Open Access

    Magnetic palaeointensity data from the Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa) as well as the Jack Hills (Western Australia) show nearly constant palaeofield values between 3.9 Ga and 3.4 Ga, providing evidence for stagnant-lid mantle convection.

    • John A. Tarduno
    • , Rory D. Cottrell
    •  & Gautam Mitra

  • Article |

    A record of Earth’s magnetic field constructed from near-bottom magnetization observations and oriented samples provides three-dimensional imaging of magnetic stripes in fast-spread crust, and suggests slow cooling off-axis, as opposed to deep hydrothermal cooling close to the spreading ridge.

    • Sarah M. Maher
    • , Jeffrey S. Gee
    •  & Barbara E. John

  • Letter |

    Synchrotron Mössbauer source spectroscopy is used to reveal that haematite remains magnetic in cold subducting slabs at the depth of the transition zone in the Earth’s mantle, with implications for the locations of magnetic poles during inversions of the Earth’s magnetic field.

    • I. Kupenko
    • , G. Aprilis
    •  & C. Sanchez-Valle

  • Letter |

    Analysis of a database of Precambrian palaeomagnetic intensity measurements reveals a clear transition in the Earth’s magnetic field that is probably the signature of the inner core first forming, suggesting a modest value of core thermal conductivity and supporting a simple thermal evolution model for the Earth.

    • A. J. Biggin
    • , E. J. Piispa
    •  & L. Tauxe

  • Letter |

    Stabilization of the Earth’s rotation axis by a combination of long-term excess ellipticity and elastic stresses in the broken lithosphere provides an explanation for oscillatory true polar wander events spanning the past few billion years of Earth history.

    • J. R. Creveling
    • , J. X. Mitrovica
    •  & I. Matsuyama

  • News Feature |

    A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.

    • Jane Qiu

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