noun
geomagnetic reversal; reversal of Earth's magnetic field
Scientific term for the phenomenon where the Earth's magnetic north and south poles swap positions.
地磁気逆転は数十万年に一度起こると考えられている。
Geomagnetic reversals are thought to occur once every few hundred thousand years.
地磁気逆転の記録は海底の岩石に残されている。
Records of geomagnetic reversals are preserved in rocks on the ocean floor.
Compound of 地磁気 (geomagnetism) and 逆転 (reversal, inversion).