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GEOMAGNETISM LITERATURE

FOR THE CURIOUS READER

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Gubbins, D., May 1996. Which way is north?, Physics World, 9, 39-44.

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Parker, E. N. April 1964. The solar wind, Sci. Am., 210, 66-76.

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