Two excursions have been recorded in sediments from Skjonghelleren on Valder�y, Norway with the Virtual Geomagnetic Pole ( VGP ) of one being synchronous with Lake Mungo suggests that the Lake Mungo event was global rather than a local event.
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But Russia lacks airplanes as capable as the HC-130, so its inland base at Vostok, which is near the South Geomagnetic Pole ( some 800 miles from the geographic South Pole ), has to depend on an overland supply train.
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Most auroras occur in a band known as the " auroral zone ", which is typically 3?to 6?wide in latitude and observed at 10?to 20?from the geomagnetic poles at all longitudes, but often most vividly around the spring and autumn equinoxes.
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That is, any three points on the same plate do not move relative to one another, while the plate itself ( and all points it contains ) may move relative to other plates or other internal reference frames ( e . g ., the earth s spin axis or geomagnetic poles ).