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Hall et al. 1985
Hall, D.H., Noble, I.A. and Millar, T.W. (1985). Crustal structure of the churchill-superior boundary zone between 80° and 98° W longitude from magsat anomaly maps and stacked passes. Journal of Geophysical Research 90. doi: 10.1029/JB090iB03p02621. issn: 0148-0227.

A modeling technique using spherical shell elements and equivalent dipole sources has been applied to Magsat signatures at the Churchill-Superior boundary in Manitoba, Ontario, and Ungava. A large satellite magnetic anomaly (12 nT amplitude) on POGO and Magsat maps near the Churchill-Superior boundary was found to be relatd to the Richmond Gulf aulacogen. The averaged crustal magnetization in the source region is 5.2 Am-1. Stacking of the magnetic traces from Magsat passes reveals a magnetic signature (10 nT amplitude) at the Churchill-Superior boundary in an area studied between 80¿W and 98¿W. Modeling suggests a steplike thickening of the crust on the Churchill side of the boundary in a layer with a magnetization of 5 A m-1. Signatures on aeromagnetic maps are also found in the source areas for both of these satellite anomalies.

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