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GEOPHYSICS
Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages L51-L59Publisher
SOC EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
DOI: 10.1190/1.2335572
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Using California as a test region, we have examined the feasibility of using Curie-isotherm depths, estimated from magnetic anomalies, as a proxy for lithospheric thermal structure. Our method follows previous studies by dividing a regional aeromagnetic database into overlapping subregions and analyzing the power-density spectrum of each subregion, but we have improved on previous studies in two important ways: We increase subregion dimensions in a stepwise manner until long-wavelength anomalies are appropriately sampled, and each subregion spectrum determined from the magnetic anomalies is manually fit with a theoretical expression that directly yields the depth to the bottom of the magnetic layer. Using this method, we have obtained Curie-isotherm depths for California that show a general inverse correlation with measured heat flow, as expected. The Coast Ranges of California are characterized by high heat flow (80-85 mW/ m(2)) and shallow Curie depths (20-30 km), whereas the Great Valley has low heat flow (less than 50 mW/m(2)) and deeper Curie depths (30-45 km).
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