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Magnetic anomaly map of North America

Airborne measurement of the earth's magnetic field over all of North America provides gridded data describing the magnetic anomaly caused by variations in earth materials and structure.

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North America Detailed surveys Alaska surveys
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http://mrdata.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=aeromag.map&request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1
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Area Magnetic anomaly
Residual total intensity
Filtered anomaly
high-pass 500km
Residual using
satellite baseline
Size
North America NAmag_origmrg.grd
NAmag_origmrg.grd.gi
NAmag_hp500.grd
NAmag_hp500.grd.gi
NAmag_CM.grd
NAmag_CM.grd.gi
227 MB
Continental US USmag_origmrg.grd
USmag_origmrg.grd.gi
USmag_hp500.grd
USmag_hp500.grd.gi
USmag_CM.grd
USmag_CM.grd.gi
33 MB
(*.grd format is compatible with Oasis montaj viewer software)
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