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12320
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2666
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151

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1973 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1967 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

E. Irving was a researcher affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their work contributed to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics.

The scientist's research covered several main topics, including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Among the recorded publications, one recent paper stands out: "Statistical survey of pitch angle anisotropy of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt and its variation with solar wind/geomagnetic activity", published in 2024 in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.

The following frequent co-authors collaborated with Irving on various research projects:

  • Suman Chakraborty
  • Iain Jonathan Rae
  • Shannon Killey
  • Biswajit Ojha
  • C. E. J. Watt

Their work was published most frequently in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.

Throughout their career, Irving received recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1973 from the Academy of Science
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1967

Best Publications

  • Paleomagnetism and its application to geological and geophysical problems

    E. Irving

  • Magnetization changes caused by burial and uplift

    G. Pullaiah;E. Irving;K.L. Buchan;D.J. Dunlop

  • Drift of the major continental blocks since the Devonian

    E. Irving

  • Apparent polar wander paths carboniferous through cenozoic and the assembly of Gondwana

    E. Irving;G. A. Irving

  • Paleopoles and paleolatitudes of North America and speculations about displaced terrains

    E. Irving

  • Tentative Paleocontinental Maps for the Early Phanerozoic and Proterozoic

    P. Morel;E. Irving

  • STATISTICAL METHODS IN ROCK MAGNETISM

    G. S. Watson;E. Irving

  • POST‐DEPOSITIONAL DETRITAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION IN A SYNTHETIC SEDIMENT

    E. Irving

  • Influence of inclination error in sedimentary rocks on the Triassic and Jurassic apparent pole wander path for North America and implications for Cordilleran tectonics

    Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Edward Irving

  • The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45° N. XIV. Oxidation and magnetic properties of basalt; review and discussion

    E. Irving

  • The Magnetism of Some Permian Rocks from New South Wales

    E. Irving;L. G. Parry

  • Reversals of the geomagnetic field, magnetostratigraphy, and relative magnitude of paleosecular variation in the phanerozoic

    E. Irving;G. Pullaiah

  • The Direction of the Geomagnetic Field in Remote Epochs in Great Britain

    K. M. Creer;E. Irving;S. K. Runcorn

  • Paleomagnetic evidence for displacement from the south of the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia

    E. Irving;G. J. Woodsworth;P. J. Wynne;A. Morrison

  • Large (1000 to 4000 km) northward movements of tectonic domains in the northern Cordillera, 83 to 45 Ma

    E. Irving;P. J. Wynne;D. J. Thorkelson;P. Schiarizza

  • Palaeomagnetic and palaeoclimatological aspects of polar wandering

    E. Irving

  • Paleomagnetism of some carboniferous rocks from New South Wales and its relation to geological events

    E. Irving

  • Palaeomagnetism of the Great Whin Sill

    K. M. Creer;E. Irving;A. E. M. Nairn

  • Paleomagnetism and the evolution of Pangea

    P. Morel;E. Irving

  • Geophysical Interpretation of Palaeomagnetic Directions from Great Britain

    K. M. Creer;Edward Irving;S. K. Runcorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek J. Thorkelson
Derek J. Thorkelson Simon Fraser University
S. K. Runcorn
S. K. Runcorn Newcastle University
David J. Dunlop
David J. Dunlop University of Toronto

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