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grees so that the north pole became the south pole. The rotation and orien-
tation of the earth had not changed. The direction of the earth's magnetic
field had!
Why reversals occur is a mystery. Many theories abound, and all deal
with complex interactions taking place deep within the earth. The earth's
A) Orientation of Earth's magnetic field with the internal dipole coin-
cident with spin axis.
B)
Magnetic pole position during the last several
hundred thousand years.
C)
position of modern north magnetic pole.
