Mapping Curie temperature depth in the western United States with a fractal model for crustal magnetization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Bouligand, Claire ^a,b   Glen, Jonathan M G ^a   Blakely, Richard J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CURIE POINT; DATA SET; HEAT FLOW; ISOTHERM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 72049085773     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006494     Document Type: Article

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