7. References: for further reading


Magnetic data interpretation

Baranov, V., 1957, A new method for interpretation of aeromagnetic maps - pseudo-gravimetric anomalies: Geophysics, v. 22, p. 359-383.

Blakely, R.J., 1995, Potential theory in gravity and magnetic applications: Cambridge University Press, New York, 441 pp.

Blakely, R.J., and Connard, G.G., 1989, Crustal studies using magnetic data, in Pakiser, L.C., and Mooney, W.D., eds., Geophysical framework of the continental United States: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Memoir 172, p. 45-60.

Carmichael, R.S., 1982, Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks, Vol II, CRC Press, Inc., 345 pp.

Milsom, J., 1996, Field Geophysics (second edition), John Wiley and Sons, New York, 187 pp.

Reynolds, R.L., Rosenbaum, J.G., Hudson, M.R., and Fishman, N.S., 1990, Rock magnetism, the distribution of magnetic minerals in the Earth's crust, and aeromagnetic anomalies: in Hanna, W.F., ed., Geologic Applications of Modern Aeromagnetic Surveys, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1924, p. 24-45.

Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P., Sheriff, R.E., Keys, D.A., 1976, Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, 860 pp.

Alaska data compilations and maps

Barnes, D.F., Mariano, J., Morin, R.L., Roberts, C.W., and Jachens, R.C., 1994, Incomplete isostatic gravity map of Alaska: in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colo., The Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, 1 sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.

Godson, R.H., 1994, Composite magnetic anomaly map of Alaska and adjacent offshore areas, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., (eds), The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colo., Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, 1 sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.

Meyer, J.F., Jr., and Saltus, R.W., 1995, Merged Aeromagnetic Map of Interior Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map GP-1014, scale 1:500,000, 2 sheets.

Meyer, J.F., Jr., Saltus, R.W., Barnes, D.F., and Morin, R.L., 1996, Bouguer Gravity Map of Interior Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map GP-1016, scale 1:500,000, 2 sheets.

Saltus, R.W., and Simmons, G.C., 1997, Composite and Merged Aeromagnetic Data for Alaska - A Web Site for Distribution of Gridded Data and Plot Files: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report 97-520, 15pp. (http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-97-0520/)

Alaska regional geology and geophysical interpretation

Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., 1994, Overview of the geology and tectonic evolution of Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., (eds), The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colo., Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 989-1021.

Saltus, R.W., Meyer, J.F., Jr., Barnes, D.F., and Morin, R.L., 1997, Tectono-geophysical domains of interior Alaska as interpreted from new gravity and aeromagnetic data compilations: in Dumoulin, J.A. and Gray, J.E., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, Professional Paper 1574, p. 157-171.

Saltus, R.W., Hudson, T.L., and Connard, G.G., 1999, A New Magnetic View of Alaska: GSA Today, v. 9, n. 3, p. 1-6.


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