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Sign upDiscover how Earth's magnetic field is actually the reverse of its geographic poles and tilted at an 11-degree angle, creating a fascinating magnetic environment similar to a bar magnet. Learn how geologists utilise this magnetic information to date rocks and understand plate tectonic movements, including the intriguing phenomenon of magnetic pole reversals that occur approximately every hundred thousand years.
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