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To-do list for Paleomagnetism: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2012-07-21 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Expand : *Sampling and measurement Analysis Field tests Demagnetization Statistics Paleomagnetic poles Types of poles Applications Geochronology Paleogeography History of Earth's magnetic field Paleointensity

Trying to find some info about paleomagnetism I stumbled over the cleanup-tag and obliged. I noticed several points:

• although the different remnant magnetisations are described quite well, there are no informations about the method of measuring it. I laid down the outlines in the source, but I'm only a poor, lonesome geologist
• there was some strange info on early misgivings of the methods, which I tried to change into a section about the historical development of the method and its application
• there are no real examples of the application of paleomagnetic measurements
• there is no word about the geophysical theories about the reasons for the magnetic field to change
• there is no word about apparent directional change, i.e. due to plate tectonic movements.

--Jo (talk) 22:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Those are all good points, Jo - and two years later, I'm going to do something about them. I am an expert in this field, and this looks like a good opportunity for outreach: this page is the top Google hit for "paleomagnetism". Apparently none of my colleagues have been involved yet. I will try to add these things in the next few months. There is a pretty good page on

- even though the latter is redirected to the former! RockMagnetist (talk) 14:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I unilaterally decided to raise the importance of this article to High. Paleomagnetism is one of the main branches of geophysics, and should be ranked above articles like "Ignacy Domeyko" and "Fichtelgebirge". RockMagnetist (talk) 13:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please add the contributions of Tanya Atwater, who discovered the relationship between paleomagnetism and plate tectonics. 172.76.77.97 (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It depends what you mean by "the relationship between paleomagnetism and plate tectonics". Runcorn, Irving, Morley, Vine and Matthews did this before Atwater even received her bachelor's degree. GeoWriter (talk) 16:57, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]