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Geomagnetism vs Paleointensity - What's the difference?

geomagnetism | paleointensity |

As nouns the difference between geomagnetism and paleointensity

is that geomagnetism is the magnetism of the earth while paleointensity is (geology) the intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past.

geomagnetism

English

Noun

(-)
  • the magnetism of the Earth
  • the science that studies the magnetism of the Earth

    • Related terms

    * geomagnetic

    See also

    * paleomagnetism

    paleointensity

    English

    Alternative forms

    *palaeointensity

    Noun

    (paleointensities)
  • (geology) The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past
  • *{{quote-book, 2007, Joseph S. Stoner & Guillaume St-Onge, chapter=Magnetic Stratigraphy in Paleooceanography, Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography
    • citation , passage=Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained.}}