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How does magnetic dating work?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Paleomagnetic dating utilizes records of "how things were" in a given area across time in the past as a basis for comparison to an unknown sample in order to date it. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on paleomagnetism, which is the basis for paleomagnetic dating.

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Paleomagnetism basically works by comparing old data with new data. They compare record history of the direction and intensity of the magnetic field of the Earth with new data just received.

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