An Updated SW Pacific Palaeointensity Dataset and its Influence on Global Holocene Geomagnetic Field Models

It is well known that the majority of palaeomagnetic data have been obtained from the Northern Hemisphere. In order to help address this imbalance on the centennial and millennial timescales a campaign of measurements is in progress. Focussing on determining palaeointensity (primarily using the microwave method) a mix of burnt archaeological and geological material from the SW Pacific region are being investigated. Here we report an update of results from Australia, New Zealand and the SW Pacific Islands. The influence of the new data on constraining global geomagnetic field models in the region is demonstrated and discussed.