A Magnetic Survey of the Southwest Pacific Ocean

• Main Author: Ross, David Irwin
• Other Authors: Walker, D, Christoffel, D A
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 1966
• Subjects: Surface magnetic field; Nuclear magnetometers; Endeavour (Ship); Terrestrial magnetism; Antarctic; Endeavour; New Zealand; Pacific; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antipodes Islands
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/585

The design and construction of a free precession proton magnetometer which give a reading of the field directly in gamma is described. This instrument has been used to obtain magnetic profiles across the Southwest Pacific Ocean during the 1963-65 summer Antarctic supply cruises of H.M.N.Z.S. Endeavo...