Seeking a seafloor magnetic signal from the Antarctic circumpolar current

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Lilley, F. E. M., White, A., Heinson, Graham, Procko, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Keywords: geomagnetism; magnetometer; measurement method; oceanic current; seafloor; Southern Ocean Antarctic; Circumpolar current; Geomagnetism; Motional induction; Seafloor magnetometers; Southern ocean; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; South Tasman Rise; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85496; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02174.x

Motional electromagnetic induction by ocean currents is a basic phenomenon of geophysics, with application to the monitoring of ocean transport. One of Earth's strongest ocean currents is the Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC). This paper explores the magnetic signals that should be generated...