There has been a tremendous expansion in the use of paleomagnetic methods to detect and measure the relative movement of different tectonic units on both a global and subcontinental scale, and consequently the fifth earth science curriculum which starts from 1990 emphasizes more on paleomagnetism than that of the previous. And earth science teachers will, therefore, need materials to teach the students paleomagnetism or plate tectonics. This paper was written to fulfill such a requirement by offering earth science teachers the basic principles and methods of paleomagnetism and paleomagnetic data of Korea.

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