Environmental physics, geomagnetism and palaeomagnetism

Research in this area applies the methods of physics to the natural environment, with a special focus on the Earth's magnetic field.

Six people standing on stony riverbank with a motorboat moored on the shore
Pliocene mudstone sediments in the Rangitikei River, which carry records of the last geomagnetic polarity reversals

Environmental physics is the application of the methods of physics to the natural environment.

Geomagnetism is the study of the earth's magnetic field and the way it changes with time.

We carry out research in the following areas:


EPGP academic staff

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Gillian Turner

Research Fellow

School of Chemical and Physical Sciences