Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal
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The Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal was a major event in Earth's history when the planet's magnetic field flipped polarity around 2.6 million years ago, marking a key boundary used in geological time scales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal canonical | 1 |
| Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal Context triple: [Quaternary period, baseDefinedBy, Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal]
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A.
An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
*An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
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B.
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
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C.
Magnetes
Magnetes were an ancient Greek tribe from the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, known from myth and history as participants in wider Hellenic religious and political affairs.
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Theory of the Earth
Theory of the Earth is James Hutton’s foundational geological work that introduced the concept of deep geological time and laid the groundwork for modern geology.
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Gauss’s remarkable theorem
Gauss’s remarkable theorem is a fundamental result in differential geometry showing that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is an intrinsic property independent of how the surface is embedded in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal Target entity description: The Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal was a major event in Earth's history when the planet's magnetic field flipped polarity around 2.6 million years ago, marking a key boundary used in geological time scales.
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A.
An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth
*An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth* is an 18th-century geological treatise by John Whitehurst that explores the Earth's structure, history, and the processes that shaped it.
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B.
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
"On the Imperfection of the Geological Record" is a chapter in Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* that addresses why the fossil record is incomplete and how this affects evidence for evolutionary change.
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C.
Magnetes
Magnetes were an ancient Greek tribe from the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, known from myth and history as participants in wider Hellenic religious and political affairs.
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D.
Theory of the Earth
Theory of the Earth is James Hutton’s foundational geological work that introduced the concept of deep geological time and laid the groundwork for modern geology.
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E.
Gauss’s remarkable theorem
Gauss’s remarkable theorem is a fundamental result in differential geometry showing that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is an intrinsic property independent of how the surface is embedded in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
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geomagnetic reversal ⓘ |
| affects | orientation of remanent magnetization in rocks ⓘ |
| documentedIn | International Commission on Stratigraphy timescales ⓘ |
| evidenceFoundIn |
lava flows
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marine sediment cores ⓘ oceanic crust magnetic anomalies ⓘ |
| hasAgeUncertainty | tens of thousands of years ⓘ |
| hasApproximateTime | about 2.6 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasCause | dynamics of Earth’s liquid outer core ⓘ |
| hasEffect | reversal of geomagnetic field direction at Earth’s surface ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | approximately 2.58 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasFollowingEvent | Matuyama reversed chron ⓘ |
| hasGlobalExtent | global ⓘ |
| hasMagneticChronCode | C2r ⓘ |
| hasPolarityChangeFrom | normal polarity ⓘ |
| hasPolarityChangeTo | reversed polarity ⓘ |
| hasPreviousEvent | Gauss normal chron ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | approximately 2.72 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasTimescaleDesignation | C2An–C2r boundary ⓘ |
| identifiedBy | paleomagnetic studies ⓘ |
| isKeyMarkerFor |
Pliocene–Pleistocene climate transition
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onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Earth’s outer core magnetic field system ⓘ |
| marksBoundaryBetween |
Pleistocene epoch
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surface form:
Pleistocene
Pliocene epoch ⓘ
surface form:
Pliocene
|
| namedAfter |
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Motonori Matuyama ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Pleistocene epoch
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Pliocene epoch ⓘ |
| partOf | geomagnetic polarity timescale ⓘ |
| precedes |
Olduvai Gorge
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surface form:
Olduvai normal subchron
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| relatedTo |
Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal
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| separates |
Gauss normal chron
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Matuyama reversed chron ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geochronology
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paleomagnetism ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| usedAsBoundaryIn |
geomagnetic polarity timescale
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global stratigraphic charts ⓘ |
| usedAsChronostratigraphicMarkerFor | Quaternary onset ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dating of geological and climatic records
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global correlation of sedimentary sequences ⓘ |
| usedToDefine |
Pliocene epoch
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surface form:
Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary
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Subject: Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal Description of subject: The Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal was a major event in Earth's history when the planet's magnetic field flipped polarity around 2.6 million years ago, marking a key boundary used in geological time scales.
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