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    • Keywords

       

      Aeromagnetic; Southern Granulite Terrain; IGRF; analytical signal; metamorphism

    • Abstract

       

      The degree sheet Aeromagnetic maps up to 17‡N, acquired from the Geological Survey of India, have been manually redigitised at 6 minute intervals to study the long wavelength anomalies over peninsular India. These data have been collected at different survey altitude, epochs, flight line directions, etc. Great care has been taken to correct the total field map and remove the contribution due to the core field and prepare an accurate crustal anomaly map. For the first time, a regional map, depicting the NW-SE structural features north of the orthopyroxene isograd with the essentially E-W features to the south of it and revealing several well known structures, is presented. The analytical signal is calculated to delineate the source fields of these anomalies. It dramatically maps the charnockites and is able to delineate the orthopyroxene isograd. In the Dharwar region the magnetic signatures are associated with the intrusives/ iron ore bodies. Thus, we find that the source rocks of the aeromagnetic anomalies are the host province of charnockites in the SGT and the intrusives/iron ore bodies in the Dharwar belt. Gravity residuals are calculated and a tectonic map of the region is presented from the combined geopotential data.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      P Harikumar1 Mita Rajaram1 T S Balakrishnan1

      1. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      September 2000
      Manuscript received
      11 September 2000

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