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Title	Comment	Keywords
Earth's Interior	30 minutes / n.a.	magnetism, "magnetic field", mantle, "seismic wave", ophiolite, "magnetic reversal", earthquake, "continental crust", geophysics, gravity
Magnetic Polarity	22:12 - 23:03 (00:51) / 0.9 MB	"James Sadd", "magnetic polarity", magnetism, "magnetic reversal", "magnetic north pole", paleomagnetism, "magnetic south pole"
Reverse Polarity	23:03 - 23:26 (00:23) / 0.3 MB	"magnetic pole", "magnetic reversal", magnetism, "normal polarity", "reverse polarity"
Magnetic Reversals	24:38 - 25:38 (01:00) / 1.1 MB	"Scott Bogue", magnetism, "magnetic reversal", "rock coring", "lava flow", "Mojave Desert", paleomagnetism
Impact of Magnetic Reversals	25:38 - 26:01 (00:23) / 0.5 MB	"James Sadd", "magnetic reversal", "magnetic north pole", migration, "solar radiation"
Magnetic Reversals	14:36 - 15:43 (01:07) / 0.8 MB	"Scott Bogue", geologist, paleomagnetism, ocean, oceanographer, "lava flow", "Cambridge University", "Frederick Vine", "Drummand Matthews", intensity, "magnetic reversal", "sea floor", "magnetic field", polarity
Polarity In Rocks of the Same Age	15:43 - 16:52 (01:09) / 1.0 MB	"Scott Bogue", paleomagnetism, "magnetic field", "magnetic reversal", USGS, polarity
Mirror Image of Magnetic Patterns	16:52 - 17:31 (00:39) / 0.4 MB	"Frederick Vine", "Drummand Matthews", "magnetic reversal", "sea floor spreading", "magnetic field", polarity, "mid-oceanic ridge"

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