Interpretation of Magnetic Anomalies and Estimation of Depth of Magnetic Crust in Slovakia |
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| Authors: | Kamil Rozimant Aydin Büyüksaraç Özcan Bektaş |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Applied and Environmental Geophysics, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia;(2) Department of Geophysical Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Engineering, Sivas, TR-58140, Turkey;(3) Department of Geophysical Engineering, Ankara University, Besevler, TR-06100, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | The magnetic map of Slovakia used in the paper was compiled as part of a project titled Atlas of Geophysical maps and profiles in 2001. The residual magnetic data were analyzed to produce Curie point estimates. To remove distortion of magnetic anomalies
caused by the Earth’s magnetic field, reduction to pole transformation was applied to the magnetic anomalies using the magnetization
angle of the induced magnetization. Anomalies reduced to the pole tend to be better correlated with tectonic structures. We
applied a 3-km upward continuation to the residually compiled magnetic anomalies in order to remove effects of topography.
The depth of magnetic dipoles was calculated by an azimuthally averaged power spectrum method for the entire area. Such estimates
can be indicative of temperatures in the crust, since magnetic minerals lose their spontaneous magnetization according to
Curie temperature of the dominant magnetic minerals in the rocks. The computed Curie point depths in the Slovakia region vary
between 15.2 km and 20.9 km. Heat flow higher than 100 mWm−2 occurs at the central volcanics and eastern part of Slovakia, where the Curie point depths values are shallow. The correlation
between Curie point depths, heat flow and crust depth was investigated for two E-W cross sections. Heat flow and Curie point
depth values are correlated with each other however, these values could not be correlated with crust depth. The Curie point
isotherm, which separates magnetic and non-magnetic parts of the crust, is represented in two cross sections. |
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| Keywords: | Magnetic anomalies neogene volcanics power spectrum Curie point depth Magnetized crust |
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