Petrologic model of the northern Mississippi Embayment based on satellite magnetic and ground-based geophysical data

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Sep 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984e%26psl..70..115t&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 70, no. 1, Sept. 1984, p. 115-120.

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Geophysics

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Bays (Topographic Features), Magnetic Anomalies, Magnetization, Mathematical Models, Petrology, Curie Temperature, Earth Crust, Gabbro, Geophysics, Mississippi, Satellite Observation, Temperature Effects

Scientific paper

A petrologic model of the northern Mississippi Embayment, derived from gravity, seismic and rift data, is evaluated by converting the model to a magnetization model which is compared with satellite magnetic anomaly models. A magnetization contrast of approximately -0.54 A/m, determined from the petrologic model of the embayment compares favorably to values of -0.62 A/m and -0.45 A/m from a Magsat United States Apparent Magnetization Contrast Map and a published POGO magnetization contrast model, respectively. The petrologic model suggests that the magnetic anomaly low associated with the Mississippi Embayment may be largely due to the intrusion under non-oxidizing conditions of low Curie temperature gabbroic material at the base of the crust of the embayment. Near-surface mafic plutons, bordering the Mississippi Valley Graben, appear from aeromagnetic data to have higher magnetizations than the deeper gabbroic material; however, it is impossible to ascertain if this is due to compositional differences or similar material at shallower (lower temperature) depths. These results indicate that variations in the Curie temperatures of intrusions accompanying rifting may account for a large part of the wide range of magnetic anomalies associated with presently inactive rifts with normal heat flow.

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