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A Review of Magnetic Anomaly Field Data for the Arctic Region: Geological ImplicationsDue to its inaccessibility and hostile physical environment remote sensing data, both airborne and satellite measurements, has been the main source of geopotential data over the entire Arctic region. Ubiquitous and significant external fields, however, hinder crustal magnetic field studies. These potential field data have been used to derive tectonic models for the two major tectonic sectors of this region, the Amerasian and Eurasian Basins. The latter is dominated by the Nansen-Gakkel or Mid-Arctic Ocean Ridge and is relatively well known. The origin and nature of the Alpha and Mendeleev Ridges, Chukchi Borderland and Canada Basin of the former are less well known and a subject of controversy. The Lomonosov Ridge divides these large provinces. In this report we will present a summary of the Arctic geopotential anomaly data derived from various sources by various groups in North America and Europe and show how these data help us unravel the last remaining major puzzle of the global plate tectonic framework. While Magnetic anomaly data represent the main focus of this study recently derived satellite gravity data (Laxon and McAdoo, 1998) are playing a major role in Arctic studies.
Document ID
19990115917
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Taylor, Patrick T.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
vonFrese, Ralph
(Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH United States)
Roman, Daniel
(Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH United States)
Frawley, James J.
(Herring Bay Geophysics, Inc. Dunkirk, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Council of Scientific Unions
Location: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: July 19, 1999
End Date: July 29, 1999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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