Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Aeromagnetic Survey of the Troodos Igneous Massif, Cyprus

Nature Physical Science volume 244, pages 34–38 (1973)Cite this article

Abstract

Aeromagnetic data, combined with other observations, support the view that some of the crust beneath the eastern Mediterranean might be oceanic, formed by seafloor spreading at a time when the Earth's magnetic field was of constant and normal polarity.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Gass, I. G., and Masson-Smith, D., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A, 255, 417 (1963).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Gass, I. G., Nature, 220, 39 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Moores, E. M., and Vine, F. J., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A, 268, 443 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Vine, F. J., and Moores, E. M., Geol. Soc. Am. Mem., 132, 195 (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Greenbaum, D., Nature phys. Sci., 238, 18 (1972).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Khan, M. A., Summers, C., Bamford, S. A. D., Chroston, P. N., Poster, C. K., and Vine, F. J., Nature phys. Sci., 238, 134 (1972).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Cann, J. R., Nature, 226, 928 (1970).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Matthews, D. H., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A, 268, 733 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Vine, F. J., Science, N.Y., 154, 1405 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Vine, F. J., and Matthews, D. H., Nature, 199, 947 (1963).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. IAGA Commission 2, Working Group 4, J. geophys. Res., 74, 4407 (1969).

  12. Gass, I. G., and Smewing, J. D., Nature, 242, 26 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Constantinou, G., and Govett, G. J. S., Trans. Inst. Min. Metall, B, 81, 34 (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  14. Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea (edit, by Degens, E. T., and Ross, D. A.) (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1969).

  15. Talwani, M., Windisch, C. C., and Langseth, M. G., J. geophys. Res., 76, 473 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Bhattacharyya, B. K., Geophysics, 31, 97 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. Helsley, G. E., and Steiner, M. H., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 5, 325 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. McElhinny, M. W., and Burek, P. J., Nature, 232, 98 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Creer, K. M., Nature, 233, 545 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Woodside, J., and Bowin, C., Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 81, 1107 (1970).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. Vogt, P. R., and Higgs, R. H., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 5, 439 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. Irving, E., Molyneux, L., and Runcorn, S. K., Geophys. J., 10, 451 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NOR 88C

    F. J. VINE & C. K. POSTER

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

    I. G. GASS

Authors
  1. F. J. VINE
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. K. POSTER
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. I. G. GASS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

VINE, F., POSTER, C. & GASS, I. Aeromagnetic Survey of the Troodos Igneous Massif, Cyprus. Nature Physical Science 244, 34–38 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244034a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244034a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing