Gauss
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views updated May 08 2018Gauss A normal
polarity chron in the late
Pliocene, preceded by the
Gilbert and followed by the
Matuyama reversed
chrons, and
radiometrically dated at 3.58–2.60 Ma ( Harland et al., 1982). The Gauss contains at least two reversed
polarity subchrons:
Mammoth and
Kaena.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY
gauss
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views updated Jun 11 2018gauss(G) The
c.g.s. unit of measurement of: (a)magnetic field; and(b)magnetic moment per unit volume. It has now been replaced by the
SI units weber/m
2 (Wb/m
2) and tesla (T). 1 G = 10
−4 T = 10
−4 Wb/m
2.
A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY
gauss
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views updated May 08 2018gauss (G) The c.g.s. unit of measurement of (
a) magnetic field and (
b) magnetic moment per unit volume. It has now been replaced by the
SI units weber/m
2 (Wb/m
2) and tesla (T). 1 G = 10
−4 T = 10
−4 Wb/m
2.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY
gauss
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views updated Jun 11 2018gauss / gous/ (abbr.: G) •
n. (pl. same or gauss·es) a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla.
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