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GREAT BALLS OF FIRE.
- Source :
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New Scientist . 8/25/2001, Vol. 171 Issue 2305, p24. 5p. 2 Color Photographs, 3 Diagrams. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Offers tips on making a scientific experiment to determine how the Earth produces its magnetic field. Description of the Earth's magnetic field; Use of computer models in refining the experiment; Information on the devices that are being developed by Daniel Lathrop, Daniel Sisan and Woodrow Shew at the University of Maryland in Baltimore; Importance of having a huge volume of madly churning molten metal to study the Earth's core. INSET: Pole to pole to pole.
- Subjects :
- *EARTH'S core
*MAGNETIC fields
*EARTH sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02624079
- Volume :
- 171
- Issue :
- 2305
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 5133897