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A new method of interpreting magnetic anomalies of arbitrarily-magnetised horizontal circular cylinders, dipping dykes and vertical steps is presented. The method makes use of both horizontal and vertical gradients of the magnetic field of the model under consideration, rather than the observed magnetic anomaly. Vertical and horizontal gradients are calculated from the observed anomalies, and plotted one against the other to find out the locus of tip of the resultant gradient vector. This locus is a symmetrical curve for each of the three models mentioned above. The properties of these curves are used to deduce the various parameters of these models and the direction of magnetisation.
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Radhakrishna Murthy, I.V., Visweswara Rao, C. & Krishna, G.G. A gradient method for interpreting magnetic anomalies due to horizontal circular cylinders, infinite dykes and vertical steps. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 89, 31–42 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841517
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