REMOTE DETERMINATION OF THE DIRECTION TO THE GEOMAGNETIC POLE IN PAST EPOCHS

Abstract

The possibility of remote detection of the direction to the geomagnetic pole in past epochs is considered on the basis of using the Faraday effect in the process of radar sounding and recording of the magnetic component of reflected signals. The results of paleomagnetic investigations made it possible to distinguish the drift of continents and trajectories of their motion in past epochs. These results facilitated significantly the development and formation of the modern paradigm of geology: tectonics of lithospheric plates.