Open AccessThe Determination of Seamount Magnetism
Author(s) -
Parker Robert L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1971.tb02181.x
Subject(s) - seamount , geology , simple (philosophy) , magnetization , geophysics , magnetism , magnetic anomaly , surface (topology) , geodesy , physics , mathematics , geometry , magnetic field , paleontology , condensed matter physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
Summary Using a technique due to Backus the average direction of magnetization of a seamount can be found from sea‐surface magnetic observations without assuming anything about the internal structure of the body. Other advantages of this approach are that the required integrals can be made very simple without approximation and that uncertainties can be estimated.