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Intensity vs Paleointensity - What's the difference?

intensity | paleointensity |

In geology|lang=en terms the difference between intensity and paleointensity

is that intensity is (geology) the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings the value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude while paleointensity is (geology) the intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past.

As nouns the difference between intensity and paleointensity

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

intensity

English

Noun

(intensities)
  • the quality of being intense
  • the degree of strength
  • (physics) time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance
  • (optics) can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance
  • (astronomy) syn. radiance
  • (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

    • 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.}}