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Regan et al. 1975
Regan, R.D., Cain, J.C. and Davis, W.M. (1975). A global magnetic anomaly map. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JB080i005p00794. issn: 0148-0227.

A subset of Pogo satellite magnetometer data has been formed that is suitable for analysis of crustal magnetic anomalies. Through the use of a thirteenth-order field model fit to these data, magnetic residuals have been calculated over the world to latitude limits of ¿50 ¿. These residuals, averages over 1 ¿ latitude-longitude blocks, represent a detailed global magnetic anomaly map derived solely from satellite data. The occurrence of these anomalies on all individual satellite passes independent of local time and their decay as altitude increases imply a definte internal origin. Their wavelength structure and their correlation with known tectonic features further suggest that these anomalies are primarily of geologic origin and have their sources in the lithosphere.

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