27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Geomagnetic survey towards the re-establishment of a magnetic observatory on Marion Island

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track D2 - Space Science

Speaker

Dr Pierre Cilliers (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory)

Description

Marion Island (46d52.740’S, 37d51.442’E), near the edge of the South Atlantic Anomaly, is strategically located for geomagnetic observations. This paper presents the geomagnetic survey done on Marion Island towards the re-establishment of a magnetic observatory to follow up on observations done there during the period 1972 to 1980.

Primary author

Dr Pierre Cilliers (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory)

Co-author

Dr Pieter Kotze (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory)

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