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palaeointensity

palaeointensity is the alternative form of paleointensity.

Meaning of paleointensity

Noun

paleointensity (plural paleointensities)

  1. The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past
    • Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained.2007, Joseph S. Stoner, Guillaume St-Onge, “Magnetic Stratigraphy in Paleooceanography”, in Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography, →ISBN, page 123

Forms of palaeointensity

pluralpalaeointensities

Origin of palaeointensity

From palaeo- + intensity.

Questions about palaeointensity

What is palaeointensity the alternative form of?
Palaeointensity is the alternative form of paleointensity.

Words near palaeointensity in the dictionary

  1. palaeoichthyologists
  2. palaeoichthyology
  3. palaeoimmunology
  4. palaeoinsular
  5. palaeointensities
  6. palaeointensity
  7. palaeokarst
  8. palaeokarstic
  9. palaeokarsts
  10. palaeolacustrine
  11. palaeolagoon

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