Authors: V. Vacquier, Nelson Clarence Steenland, Roland G. Henderson, and Isidore Zietz
The airborne magnetometer developed during World War II for tracking submerged submarines, combined with radio-location or other means for accurately locating the airplane, constitutes a new tool of modern geophysics by means of which magnetic surveys can be made with amazing speed over land or water. This memoir presents a method of interpreting magnetic surveys which, if extensively applied, might yield new knowledge regarding the structure of the earth's crust and shed light on specific problems of regional geology, such as the maximum depth of sedimentation in geologic basins. It can be applied also to the delineation of buried contacts and the location of probable areas of rock differentiation and of mineralization in regions where the igneous rocks crop out.
Published: 11/07/1951
Pages: 151
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