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April 27, 1981

Erosion Of The Earth's Magnetic Field

Dr. Richard Karas
Sonoma State University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Richard Karas of Sonoma State University will describe a recent experiment which demonstrates the rapid erosion of the earth's dayside magnetic field lines caused by a sudden southward turn of the interplanetary magnetic field.