Physics for Geologists, Second edition
Physics for Geologists, Second edition
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80 Electricity and magnetism<br />
Figure 8.3 The lines of <strong>for</strong>ce in a bar magnet's field.<br />
Figure 8.4 The Earth's magnetic field closely resembles that of an axial bar mag-<br />
net. NP and SP are the geographic poles. The dipole axis does not<br />
coincide with the geographic poles. Reproduced from Holmes 1965<br />
Principles ofphysicalgeology, 2nd edn, London: Nelson. Figure 726,<br />
p. 988.<br />
pole strength, or electric charge and r is the distance between them. The<br />
strength or intensity of a magnetic field (H) in any position is defined as the<br />
<strong>for</strong>ce exerted on a unit north pole at that point. The unit of magnetic field<br />
strength used to be the oersted (oe), after the Danish physicist Hans Mrsted,<br />
Copyright 2002 by Richard E. Chapman