Mark I. Vuletic
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Last updated 21 March 2008
Analysis
There are two components to the magnetic field of the Earth: a dipole field and a non-dipole field. According to Ronald Ecker,
only the dipole-field strength has been 'decaying' for a century and a half...the strength of the nondipole field (about 15 percent of the total field) has increased over the same time span, so that the total field has remained almost constant. [The] assumption of a steady decrease in the field's strength throughout history is also irreconcilable, of course, with the paleomagnetic evidence of fluctuation and reversals [in the geomagnetic field]. (Ecker 1990:105)
Evidence of the reversals Ecker mentions have been found in the magnetic orientation of rock on the sea floor.
References
Ecker R. 1990. Dictionary of Science and Creationism. Buffalo: Prometheus.
Defender's Guide to Science and Creationism
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