New Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic

A. V. Golynsky, F. Ferraccioli, J. K. Hong, D. A. Golynsky, R. R.B. von Frese, D. A. Young, D. D. Blankenship, J. W. Holt, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Kiselev, V. N. Masolov, G. Eagles, K. Gohl, W. Jokat, D. Damaske, C. Finn, A. Aitken, R. E. Bell, E. Armadillo, T. A. JordanJ. S. Greenbaum, E. Bozzo, G. Caneva, R. Forsberg, M. Ghidella, J. Galindo-Zaldivar, F. Bohoyo, Y. M. Martos, Y. Nogi, E. Quartini, H. R. Kim, J. L. Roberts

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Abstract

The second generation Antarctic magnetic anomaly compilation for the region south of 60°S includes some 3.5 million line-km of aeromagnetic and marine magnetic data that more than doubles the initial map's near-surface database. For the new compilation, the magnetic data sets were corrected for the International Geomagnetic Reference Field, diurnal effects, and high-frequency errors and leveled, gridded, and stitched together. The new magnetic data further constrain the crustal architecture and geological evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula and the West Antarctic Rift System in West Antarctica, as well as Dronning Maud Land, the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, the Prince Charles Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land, and Wilkes Land in East Antarctica and the circumjacent oceanic margins. Overall, the magnetic anomaly compilation helps unify disparate regional geologic and geophysical studies by providing new constraints on major tectonic and magmatic processes that affected the Antarctic from Precambrian to Cenozoic times.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6437-6449
Number of pages13
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume45
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 16 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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