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GEOMAGNETIC POLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Magnetism
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

Either of two antipodal points marking the intersection of the Earth's surface with the extended axis of a powerful bar magnet assumed to be located at the center of the Earth and approximating the source of the actual magnetic field of the Earth.

PHR

North, South geomagnetic pole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Magnétisme
  • Tectonique des plaques
OBS

[...] uniques pour chaque hémisphère et diamétralement opposés par rapport au centre de la Terre, définissant ainsi l'axe géomagnétique du globe.

PHR

Pôle géomagnétique Nord, Sud.

Spanish

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