paleomagnetic

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• The new species was not only smaller but also more ancient, coming from sediments that have been dated (by paleomagnetic reversals) to about 6.3 million years ago.

  Academic text (1991)

• This theory was either ignored or ridiculed for half a century until eventually confirmed by paleomagnetic research during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

  Blog text (20)

• Evidence came from a technique called paleomagnetic dating: When lava cools and hardens, iron-rich minerals permanently point like frozen compass needles toward the Earth's magnetic poles.

  Academic text (2004)

• Researchers analyzed rocks for paleomagnetic properties to understand tectonic plate movements.

• Many studies rely on paleomagnetic data to determine the age of ancient geological formations.

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