Some aspects of the structure and magnetization of the oceanic crust

• Main Author: Granot, Roi
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2009
• Subjects: UCSD Dissertations; Academic Earth sciences. (Discipline); Adare; Adare Basin; Antarctic; Pacific; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1xf8358h; http://n2t.net/ark:/20775/bb1980774t

The structure and magnetization of the oceanic crust reflect its tectonic and magmatic evolution since its initial formation. The magnetization of the crust also provides a record of the polarity reversals and strength of the Earth's geomagnetic field. In this dissertation I first describe abso...