Story: Magnetic field

More links and websites

• 400 years of ‘De Magnete’

  This site gives a historical perspective, dating from William Gilbert’s study De Magnete in 1600, on the changing understanding of the earth’s magnetic field.

• Geological and Nuclear Sciences databases

  This site gives a brief history of research into the earth’s magnetic field, with an account of variations in the magnetic field around New Zealand.

• INTERMAGNET – global network of magnetic observatories

  INTERMAGNET is the International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network, which monitors the earth's magnetic field. It presents data and information from geomagnetic observatories around the world.

More suggestions and sources

• McKnight, D. ‘Centenary of New Zealand’s magnetic observatory.’ Newsletter of the New Zealand Geophysical Society 59 (2001): 20–24.
• Sutherland, R. Magnetic anomalies in the New Zealand region, 1:4,000,000. Geophysical Map 9. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 1996.
• Wellman, H. W. ‘The Stokes Magnetic Anomaly.’ Geological Magazine 110, no. 5 (1973): 419–429.