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Geological Interpretation of Airborne Magnetometer Observations from Nelson to Waikato River, New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

H. W. Wellman
H. W. Wellman
Affiliation:
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
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Abstract

A map is presented showing a series of airborne magnetometer profiles from the north end of the South Island of New Zealand to the mouth of Waikato River. The two southern profiles are related to the exposed Upper Palaeozoic igneous rocks which are considered to extend north across Cook Strait and along the west coast of the North Island to cause the anomalies in the northern profiles. The North Island profiles are considered to reflect the Kawhia Syncline and a major anticline to the east. The eastward displacement of the magnetic low relative to the synclinal axis at the surface is considered due to the eastward dip of the axial plane of the syncline.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 96 , Issue 2 , April 1959 , pp. 118 - 124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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