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Magnetic variation anomalies in northern England and southern Scotland

Banks, R.J.; Beamish, D.; Geake, M.J.. 1983 Magnetic variation anomalies in northern England and southern Scotland. Nature, 303. 516-518. https://doi.org/10.1038/303516a0

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Abstract/Summary

Single-station transfer functions linking the time variations of the vertical and horizontal components of the magnetic field at stations in northern England and southern Scotland have been compiled into a uniform data set. From hypothetical event analysis we show here that there are two distinct anomalies in the Borders region. One runs south-west to north-east, immediately to the south-east of the Southern Uplands Fault; the second follows the Northumberland Basin, and seems to exist because the conductive sedimentary rocks filling the basin create a link between the Irish and North Seas. If the Iapetus suture is marked by a conductivity anomaly, as has been suggested, these results place it beneath the Southern Uplands, unless it is masked by the surface conductor in the Northumberland Basin.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1038/303516a0
Programmes: BGS Programmes > Other
ISSN: 0028-0836
NORA Subject Terms: Earth Sciences
Date made live: 07 Apr 2017 15:21 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516817

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