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Basics of Magnetic Field Theory and Magnetization

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This chapter characterizes the components of the Earth’s magnetic field, but only to the extent needed for the book. An insight into the constituents of crustal geomagnetic field research is given.

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  1. Business und Management mbH, CBM - Gesellschaft für Consulting, Bexbach, Saarland, Germany

    Christian Blick & Helga Nutz

  2. Mathematics Department, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Willi Freeden

  3. Mathematics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    M. Zuhair Nashed

  4. OST, Institute for Computational Engineering, Buchs, Switzerland

    Michael Schreiner

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Blick, C., Freeden, W., Nashed, M.Z., Nutz, H., Schreiner, M. (2021). Basics of Magnetic Field Theory and Magnetization. In: Inverse Magnetometry. Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79508-5_2

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