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aeromagnetic, a.|ˌɛərəʊmægˈnɛtɪk| [f. aero- + magnetic a.] Of, pertaining to, or derived from aerial measurements of the earth's magnetic field.
1946Petroleum Engineer July 78 (caption) Map of part of Iron County, Michigan, showing part of area of aeromagnetic survey. 1946Geophysics XI. 143 One of the unsolved problems was to determine whether the depths of the upper and lower limits of the Kursk ferrous quartzites could be computed from aeromagnetic data. 1969Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Oct. 10/8 Prospective nickel-bearing areas in the eastern goldfields district of Western Australia are covered in 16 preliminary aeromagnetic contour maps. 1978Nature 2 Feb. 488/3 He supervised the complete regional aeromagnetic survey of the United Kingdom which was published..as colour-layered ‘ten-mile’ aeromagnetic sheets in 1965 and 1972. Hence ˌaeromagneˈtometer, an instrument for making aeromagnetic measurements.
[1946J. R. Balsley in Petroleum Engineer Aug. 108/1 The obvious advantages of the air-magnetometer are its speed..and the fact that it can be used where ground methods are..unpracticable.] 1948World Oil CXXVIII. 223 (heading) Aeromagnetometer profile flown from Venezuela to Texas. 1969New Scientist 9 Jan. 58/2 An aeromagnetometer survey to last several months will be started shortly. |