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Age of earth is 4 to 5 billion years . Geologists believe thant during this period earth's magnetism has changed , even reversed its direction several times . How can geologists know about earth's field in such distant past?

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Solution :The magnetic field of earth GETS WEAKLY recorded on some rocks during their SOLIDIFICATION . GEOLOGISTS trace the geomagnetic history of earth by analysing these rocks .


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