doi: 10.1038/314341a0.
Magnetic reversals and mass extinctions
Affiliations
- PMID:11541995
- DOI: 10.1038/314341a0
Item in Clipboard
Magnetic reversals and mass extinctions
D M Raup. Nature..
Display options
Format
Display options
Format
Abstract
Previous analyses of the time distribution of reversals of the Earth's magnetic field have yielded mixed results. Some authors have claimed significant periodicities of order 10(7) yr whereas others have reported failure to reject null hypothesis of random spacing at that scale. Because of repeated suggestions that field reversal is linked to biological extinction, further analysis of the magnetic times series is appropriate. I present here the results of a study of the reversal record of the past 165 Myr. A stationary periodicity of 30 Myr emerges (superimposed on the non-stationarities already established by others), which predicts pulses of increased reversal activity centered at 10, 40, 70, ... Myr BP.
Similar articles
- A unified theory of impact crises and mass extinctions: quantitative tests.Rampino MR, Haggerty BM, Pagano TC.Rampino MR, et al.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997 May 30;822:403-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48358.x.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997.PMID:11543121
- Periodicity in extinction and the problem of catastrophism in the history of life.Sepkoski JJ Jr.Sepkoski JJ Jr.J Geol Soc London. 1989;146:7-19. doi: 10.1144/gsjgs.146.1.0007.J Geol Soc London. 1989.PMID:11539792Review.
- Numerical simulations and the problem of periodicity in the cratering record.Trefil JS, Raup DM.Trefil JS, et al.Earth Planet Sci Lett. 1987;82:159-64. doi: 10.1016/0012-821x(87)90116-6.Earth Planet Sci Lett. 1987.PMID:11542115
- Periodicity of extinctions in the geologic past.Raup DM, Sepkoski JJ Jr.Raup DM, et al.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Feb;81(3):801-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.3.801.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984.PMID:6583680Free PMC article.
- Mass extinction: a commentary.Raup DM.Raup DM.Palaeontology. 1987;30(1):1-13.Palaeontology. 1987.PMID:11542114Review.
Cited by
- Changes in earth's dipole.Olson P, Amit H.Olson P, et al.Naturwissenschaften. 2006 Nov;93(11):519-42. doi: 10.1007/s00114-006-0138-6. Epub 2006 Aug 17.Naturwissenschaften. 2006.PMID:16915369Review.
- A model for the geomagnetic field reversal rate and constraints on the heat flux variations at the core-mantle boundary.Carbone V, Alberti T, Lepreti F, Vecchio A.Carbone V, et al.Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 3;10(1):13008. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69916-w.Sci Rep. 2020.PMID:32747651Free PMC article.
- Geodesign for multi-scalar consensus: Lessons from flood adaptation pathways planning.Hui RH, Abimbola O, Walter S, Galen N.Hui RH, et al.Landsc Res Rec. 2023;11:72-84.Landsc Res Rec. 2023.PMID:37324360Free PMC article.
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Miscellaneous