Enhancement of magnetic signatures of impact structures

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 51-65

  Cowan, Duncan R ^a   Cooper, Gordon R J ^b  

^a Cowan Geodata Services ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic surveys; Circular shaded relief; Fractional order derivatives; Impact structures; Magnetization

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DATA HANDLING; DEMAGNETIZATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL ORDER DERIVATIVES; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; SHADED RELIEF;

METEOR IMPACTS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ALGORITHM; CRATER; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DATA SET; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; RELIEF; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA;

EID: 74049155522     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.51     Document Type: Article

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