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Magnetic Polarity and Igneous Petrology

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INVESTIGATIONS of the magnetic properties of Cainozoic rocks have revealed that the remanent magnetization is usually nearly parallel or anti-parallel to the present Earth's field.

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    EDWIN E. LARSON & DAVID W. STRANGWAY

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LARSON, E., STRANGWAY, D. Magnetic Polarity and Igneous Petrology. Nature 212, 756–757 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212756a0

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