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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Multidecadally resolved polarity oscillations during a geomagnetic excursion.

Yu-Min Chou, Xiuyang Jiang, Qingsong Liu, Hsun-Ming Hu, Chung-Che Wu, Jianxing Liu, Zhaoxia Jiang, Teh-Quei Lee, Chun-Chieh Wang, Yen-Fang Song and 11 more

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Yu-Min ChouHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; river@ntu.edu.tw chouym@sustc.edu.cn.
Xiuyang JiangKey Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes, Ministry of Education, College of Geography Science, Fujian Normal University, 350117 Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Qingsong LiuDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Hsun-Ming HuHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chung-Che WuHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Jianxing LiuLaboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Oceanography Laboratory for Science and Technology, 266237 Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Zhaoxia JiangCollege of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, 266100 Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Teh-Quei LeeInstitute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, 11529 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chun-Chieh WangNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 30076 Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yen-Fang SongNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 30076 Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Cheng-Cheng ChiangNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 30076 Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Liangcheng TanState Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 710061 Xi'an, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1932-7102
Mahjoor A LoneHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-4436-5004
Yongxin PanInstitute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100029 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Rixiang ZhuInstitute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100029 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yaoqi HeCollege of Tourism and Air Service, Guizhou Minzu University, 550025 Guiyang, People's Republic of China.
Yu-Chen ChouHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
An-Hung TanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology, 32097 Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Andrew P RobertsResearch School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Xiang ZhaoResearch School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Chuan-Chou ShenHigh-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; river@ntu.edu.tw chouym@sustc.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Polarity reversals of the geomagnetic field have occurred through billions of years of Earth history and were first revealed in the early 20th century. Almost a century later, details of transitional field behavior during geomagnetic reversals and excursions remain poorly known. Here, we present a multidecadally resolved geomagnetic excursion record from a radioisotopically dated Chinese stalagmite at 107-91 thousand years before present with age precision of several decades. The duration of geomagnetic directional oscillations ranged from several centuries at 106-103 thousand years before present to millennia at 98-92 thousand years before present, with one abrupt reversal transition occurring in one to two centuries when the field was weakest. These features indicate prolonged geodynamo instability. Repeated asymmetrical interhemispheric polarity drifts associated with weak dipole fields likely originated in Earth's deep interior. If such rapid polarity changes occurred in future, they could severely affect satellites and human society.

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abrupt reversal transitionasymmetrical interhemispheric polarity driftsgeomagnetic excursionmultidecadally resolved polarity oscillationsstalagmite U-Th dating

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PMID30126998
PMCPMC6130337

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