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pl23_theb2842.jpg

Magnetic anomaly map produced on SURVEYOR

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Description

Magnetic anomaly map produced on SURVEYOR.Magnetic striping is readily apparent in this map of offshore California.Earlier magnetic work led directly to Theory of Seafloor Spreading.This map helped unravel the tectonic history of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.Data acquired by towed proton precession magnetometer

Credit

Captain Albert E. Theberge, NOAA Corps (ret.)

Display Date

1971

Keywords

Oceanography

-1970

Geophysical