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Record 1 2012-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetism
  • Geophysics
DEF

The movement of the Earth's rotation poles and magnetic poles over geologic time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magnétisme
  • Géophysique
CONT

Loin d'être fixes, les pôles ne cessent de bouger dans le temps. Tout se passe comme si le pôle Nord venait prendre la place du pôle Sud, et vice versa. C'est le phénomène d'errance polaire, le «polar wandering».

Spanish

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