Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 chile where canada is? does that mean we will be upside down and south america will be north america? hee hee. , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > the earth's magnetic poles move..they drift but..on average of about every 250,000 years(i could have the number of years wrong..sorry) the earth's poles switch the magnetic field around the earth weakens, and then basically north becomes south....the north pole ends up as the south pole, and the other way around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Hi Fraggle > the earth's magnetic poles move..they drift > but..on average of about every 250,000 years(i could have the number of > years wrong..sorry) the earth's poles switch > the magnetic field around the earth weakens, and then basically north > becomes south....the north pole ends up as the south pole, and the other way > around Yep - the number of years is nearer 11,000 - hence the supposed connection to the Mayan calender, which seems to be the same length. I once asked a geologist friend about the pole switches, and he gave me a very interesting talk on how the mid-Atlantic ridge contains geological pole-shift evidence for the past million or so years! BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 So we are due for one any minute now, huh?Peter Kebbell <metalscarab wrote: Hi Fraggle> the earth's magnetic poles move..they drift> but..on average of about every 250,000 years(i could have the number of> years wrong..sorry) the earth's poles switch> the magnetic field around the earth weakens, and then basically north> becomes south....the north pole ends up as the south pole, and the other way> aroundYep - the number of years is nearer 11,000 - hence the supposedconnection to the Mayan calender, which seems to be the same length. Ionce asked a geologist friend about the pole switches, and he gave mea very interesting talk on how the mid-Atlantic ridge containsgeological pole-shift evidence for the past million or so years!BBPeterJonnie for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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