A study of spectral methods of estimating the depth to the bottom of magnetic sources from near-surface magnetic anomaly data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 421-434

  Ravat, D ^a   Pignatelli, A ^b   Nicolosi, I ^b   Chiappini, M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crust; Geothermal evaluation; Lithosphere; Magnetic anomalies; South central US; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; MODELING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34247255038     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03305.x     Document Type: Article

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