Map Showing Present-Day Deviation from Expected Magnetic Field Direction (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Map Showing Present-Day Deviation from Expected Magnetic Field Direction

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Map showing present-day deviation from expected magnetic field direction. Blue colors show low deviation, yellow to red colors show high deviation. Star is Saint Helena location. The gray line indicates area on the core mantle boundary with low shear wave velocities. 

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Image credit: Yael Annemiek Engbers and Richard K. Bono.

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