RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 6, NO. 6, PAGES 457–460, doi:10.2205/2004ES000162, 2004

Large magnetic anomalies over Russia revealed by balloon data

Raytheon ITSS at Geodynamics Branch NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Yu. Tsvetkov

Izmiran, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia

J. Heirtzler

NASA/GSFC, Greeenbelt, MD, USA

Abstract

[1]  A stratospheric balloon flight at 30 km altitude measured the geomagnetic field intensity along a 6000 km track extending from Kamchatka to near the Ural Mountains. When the CM model was used to remove the main and external fields from the observed data, magnetic anomalies of several 100 nT amplitude and 250 to 750 km wavelength are observed. In the eastern part of the track these anomalies appear to be due to the bodies of up to 5 km depth and magnetizations of 0.12 SI (0.01 cgs).

Received 9 September 2004; published 15 September 2004.

Keywords: Geomagnetism, balloon, lithosphere, stratosphere.