New and unique U.S. magnetic database is forthcoming

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
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Abstract

An exciting and cost-effective opportunity to acquire a new U.S. magnetic anomaly database exists in calendar year 2004. High Altitude Mapping Missions Incorporated (HAMM) is currently planning an airborne mission to collect high-resolution Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) imagery at an altitude of about 15 km, with a flight-line spacing of about 14 km over the conterminous United States and Alaska. Total and vector magnetic field data will also be collected as a secondary mission objective (i.e., a “piggy-back” magnetometer system). Because HAMM would fund the main flight costs of the mission, the geomagnetic community would acquire invaluable magnetic data at a nominal cost. These unique data should provide new insights on fundamental tectonic and thermal processes and give a new view of the structural and lithologic framework of continental areas and offshore regions.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title New and unique U.S. magnetic database is forthcoming
Series title Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
DOI 10.1190/1.1885534
Volume 22
Issue 1
Year Published 2003
Language English
Publisher SEG Library
Description 2 p.
First page 50
Last page 51
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