S.C. Cande, D.V. Kent, "A new geomagnetic polarity time scale for the late Cretaceous and Cenozoic," Journal of Geophysical Research, 97:3917-51,1992. Steven C. Cande (Scripps Institution of ...

complicating the reconstruction of tectonic plate movements and the geomagnetic polarity time scale[4]. These findings raise questions about the potential influence of the geomagnetic field on ...

The scientists part from the premise that animals with a particle-based magnetic sense are sensitive to the north-south direction of the geomagnetic field, in other words its "polarity," whereas ...