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... , a circuit loop composed of seawater encircling a small peninsula in a nearly enclosed area. Biological Effects The response of living species to electromagnetic fields (such fields being either responsible for, or a consequence of, telluric currents)
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  • telluric currents
  • telluric current
  • electromagnetic field
  • induced currents
  • magnetic field

  • communication cables
  • geomagnetic effects
  • shallow effects
  • underground structures
  • magnetic fields

  • temporal variations
  • dry rocks
  • electromagnetic fields
  • submarine communication
  • effects related


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