
Study shows Earth’s poles wandered far for millions of years
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Science, Physics, Geography, Biology
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11th Grade - University
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The video discusses a theory that Earth's crust tilted 84 million years ago. Researchers studied fossilized bacteria that align with Earth's magnetic field to understand this movement. They found that the crust moved 12 degrees from the magnetic poles over five million years, a process called True Pole Wander, which was too gradual to cause major tectonic changes.
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