Paleomagnetism

The discipline of inferring the Earth’s or any other differentiated parent body’s ancient magnetic field and former continental positions through study of remanent magnetization in old rocks from the time of the parent body’s formation. In order to study the paleomagnetism of a specimen, the remanent magnetic fields must not be altered, and it is therefore imperative to never use a magnet on most all meteorites.

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