Earth's Inner Van Allen Belt

[putnam6]

Would the knowledge of this area help extrapolate our magnetic pole-shifting? What are some of the possible effects of a lower Van Allen radiation belt. My first instinct could that facilitate or assist a form of travel
conventionally, dimensionably 

[Byrd]

No, the belts are too far away and not very strong so they won't affect magnetic pole movement or much of anything else.  While they do impact the solar wind as it hits Earth, it has little direct impact on the surface of our planet.

[putnam6]

No, the belts are too far away and not very strong so they won't affect magnetic pole movement or much of anything else.  While they do impact the solar wind as it hits Earth, it has little direct impact on the surface of our planet.

No perhaps Im not asking the question properly, look at the image below. Now if the poles moved by some independent means couldn't we extrapolate where our poles are based on the new coverage locations of our Van Allen belts  

[Byrd]

No perhaps Im not asking the question properly, look at the image below. Now if the poles moved by some independent means couldn't we extrapolate where our poles are based on the new coverage locations of our Van Allen belts  

The Van Allen belts are a result of the Earth's core being magnetic.  So they follow the wandering of the poles.

https://spacecenter.org/what-are-the-van...ic%20field.

[putnam6]

The Van Allen belts are a result of the Earth's core being magnetic.  So they follow the wandering of the poles.

https://spacecenter.org/what-are-the-van...ic%20field.

 
So we could theorize if the poles moved the South American anomaly in the original question would move as well. Or is that anomaly related to some other geologic process?

[Byrd]

 
So we could theorize if the poles moved the South American anomaly in the original question would move as well. Or is that anomaly related to some other geologic process?

It's an anomaly, and I'm out of my knowledge zone here.  I would say "maybe... maybe not."  I can see a number of scenarios, including that its shape might change.

[Maxmars]

I was my understanding that the radiation belt(s) are essentially a field (cloud) of 'captured' solar radiation particles trapped within the magnetosphere.  It would stand to reason that any change in the planet's poles would consequently alter that field, the belts, respectively.

I'm not certain that such a 'cloud' of radioactive particles could facilitate travel (if anything, I think it might interfere with it) but then my understanding of electrodynamics and fluid field theory are virtually non-existent; and I probably give any physicist members hives, whenever I utter the words.