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GOSSES BLUFF AIRBORNE MAGNETIC SURVEY *
Author(s) -
YOUNG G. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1972.tb00621.x
Subject(s) - bluff , magnetic survey , geology , aeromagnetic survey , magnetic anomaly , geophysical survey , geological survey , geochemistry , seismology , geophysics , magnetic field , physics , quantum mechanics , mechanics
A bstract An airborne magnetic survey of an area of 580 km 2 centred on Gosses Bluff was flown in 1968. This survey formed part of a joint project by the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources and the United States Geological Survey to evaluate the hypothesis that Gosses Bluff is of impact origin. Analyses of the magnetic data show that shallow sources of magnetic disturbance flank the Bluff on its southern side. Interpretation of the magnetic anomalies indicates their source to be shock‐melted breccias of possible Jurassic age.