Magnetometer traverse on Plum Island near Newburyport, Massachusetts

Open-File Report 79-435
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Abstract

Several large faults of regional tectonic significance circle around Boston and disappear offshore at Plum Island south of Newburyport, Massachusetts (Castle and others, 1976; Barosh and others, 1977). The traces of these faults are, in places, well defined by aeromagnetic anomalies (Harwood and Zietz, 1977), The purpose of this traverse was to get a close look at the magnetic signatures of these faults on the ground before attempting to trace them offshore using ship-towed magnetometer.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Magnetometer traverse on Plum Island near Newburyport, Massachusetts
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-435
DOI 10.3133/ofr79435
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 7 p.
Country United States
State Massachusetts
City Newburyport
Other Geospatial Plum Island
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