Modeling Magnetic Anomalies

Ashlee Henig Irma O. Caraballo Álvarez

Geomagnetic Polarity Timescale and the Vine-Matthews Hypothesis Figure 1. Relationship between sea-floor spreading and geomagnetic polarity timescale.

Generating Magnetic Anomaly Profiles Figure 2-3. Sea SPY Magnetometer.

Generating Magnetic Anomaly Profiles Figure 4. Towed magnetometer.

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Figure 5. International Geomagnetic Reference Field.

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Figure 6. Eltanin 19 EPR magnetic anomaly profiles. Adapted from Pitman and Heirtzler, 1966.

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Figure 7. Pacific - Juan de Fuca magnetic lineations. From: http://pangea.stanford.edu/courses/gp025/webbook/images/08J.vine.jpg

Skewness Figure 8. Geocentric dipole field from Tauxe (1998).

Skewness Figure 9. Anomalies from local field vectors along a line at the sea surface.

Skewness Figure 10. Magnetic anomaly from E-W ridge at the equator.

Skewness Figure 11. Magnetic anomaly from N-S ridge at the equator.

Skewness Figure 12. Skewed magnetic anomaly at low latitudes.

Skewness Figure 13. Skewness of magnetic anomalies at varying latitudes.

Skewness Figure 14. Edge effects.

Anomaly Resolution Figure 15. Fast vs. slow spreaders.

Formula A(k) = C 2π|k| e 2π|k|z e i  sgn|k| p(k) Derivative Upward continuation Skewness FT of magnetic reversal timescale

Modeling Magnetic Anomalies Figure 16. Magnetic timescale.

Modeling Magnetic Anomalies Figure 17. Mirrored magnetic timescale.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 18. Pacific-Eltanin profile.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 19. Pacific-Eltanin synthetic profile. z = 3000m, v = 52000m/my (v c = 47967m/my),  = -20, C = 6 x 10 6

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 20. Pacific-Eltanin superimposed profiles.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 21. Pacific-Eltanin zoomed superimposed profiles.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 22. Pacific-NBP profile.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 23. Pacific-NBP synthetic profile. z = 3000m, v = 47500m/my (v c = 48120m/my),  = 5, C = 3 x 10 6

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 24. Pacific-NBP superimposed profiles.

Modeling Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Figure 25. Pacific-NBP superimposed profiles.

Modeling Atlantic Magnetic Anomalies Figure 26. Atlantic profile.

Modeling Atlantic Magnetic Anomalies Figure 27. Atlantic synthetic profile. z = 4000m, v = 17000m/my (v c = 13510m/my),  = 55, C = 1 x 10 6

Modeling Atlantic Magnetic Anomalies Figure 28. Atlantic superimposed profiles.

Modeling Atlantic Magnetic Anomalies Figure 29. Zoom of Atlantic superimposed profiles.