APPLICATION OF MAGNETOMETRIC DATA IN THE STUDY OF DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURE IN PLATFORM PROVINCES

Results of regional geophysical work in the U.S.S.R. allow a measure of correlation between the known structural features of the crust and those of the geomagnetic field. The “normal” magnetic field used for identifying magnetic anomalies is obtained by graphic smoothing of isolines of total intensity T. Detailed analysis of data obtained in aeromagnetic and gravity surveys throughout the U. S. S. R. leads to the conclusion that the cause of the observed regional magnetic and gravity anomalies lies in the same associated geologic objects located at the same level - that of a magnetoactive interval of the crystalline envelope of the earth. The conclusions that can be drawn from existing data are: 1) the existence of “continental” anomalies of the geomagnetic field cannot be explained as an effect of the crust; 2) the basaltic layer does not affect the distribution of the geomagnetic field; 3) the anomalies in the basic (normal) geomagnetic field are caused by the presence of thermomagnetic geologic bodies in the granitic layer; accordingly, it is theoretically possible to determine the thickness of the continental layer from magnetometric data. A table showing correlative depths of the basaltic layer, its thickness, and anomalous magnetic field, as well as magnetic profiles is included.--C. E. Sears.