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Magnetometer measurement
Use of specialized instruments designed to measure the earth's magnetic field at a given location.
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Introduction to potential fields: Magnetics
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Explanation of the Earth's magnetic field and how USGS measures it. Defines magnetic anomaly, induced and remanent magnetism in rocks, and describes magnetic anomaly maps.
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