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Purucker et al. 2000
Purucker, M., Ravat, D., Frey, H., Voorhies, C., Sabaka, T. and Acuña, M. (2000). An altitude-normalized magnetic map of Mars and its interpretation. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/2000GL000072. issn: 0094-8276.

Techniques developed for the reduction and analysis of terrestrial satellite magnetic field data are used to better understand the magnetic field observations made by Mars Global Surveyor. A global distribution of radial (Br) magnetic field observations and associated uncertainties is inverted for an equivalent source magnetization distribution and then used to generate an altitude-normalized map of Br at 200 km. The observations are well-represented by a potential function of crustal origin, consistent with a remanent origin for the Martian magnetic features. The correlation between the 40546 Br observations and Br calculated from the magnetization solution at observation locations is 0.978. For a magnetization distribution confined to a 50 km layer, calculated magnetizations range from -22 to +17 A/m. We see correlations with tectonics that were only hinted at in earlier maps. Magnetic features appear to be truncated against Valles Marineris and Ganges Chasma, suggestive of a major change in crustal properties associated with faulting. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Spatial variations (all harmonics and anomalies), Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Magnetic fields and magnetism, Tectonophysics, Planetary tectonics
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Geophysical Research Letters
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