WORLD DATA CENTER-A for Solid Earth Geophysics BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HISTORICAL GEOMAGNETIC MAIN FIELD SURVEY AND SECULAR VARIATION REPORTS AT THE WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS August 1993 NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER WORLD DATA CENTERlA for Solid Earth Geophysics BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HISTORICAL GEOMAGNETIC MAIN FIELD SURVEY AND SECULAR VARIATION REPORTS AT THE WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS Susan McLean Dennis Smith August 1993 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE National Geophysical Data Center Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328, USA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors wish to thank Joy Ikelman and Doreen Ardourel for their efforts to edit this report. Imposing order on chaos is never easy. DISCLAIMER While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed nor implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. .. 11 Contents Introduction ............................... 1 Bibliography .............................. 3 Appendices ............................. 119 Appendix I . Index by Date of Publication ....... 121 Appendix I1 . Index by Descriptive Word ........ 159 Appendix I11 . Index by Seismic Region ........ 177 Appendix IV . Index by Geographic Region ...... 181 Appendix V . The World Data Center System ..... 189 Introduction In order to determine the extent of historical data publications at the World Data Center-A for Solid Earth Geophysics, a digital inventory was begun in 1992. The main emphasis of the project was the inventory of data-related reports published prior to 1972. The intent was to aid in the retrospective modeling of the main magnetic field. Therefore, publications concerning crustal anomalies and observatory magnetograms were not targeted for this project. The results of this effort are contained in a digital bibliographic data base which is partially reproduced in this report. Many of the reports abstracted here were printed over a century ago and are in a severe state of deterioration. In order to preserve the content of these reports, WDC-A is digitally imaging (scanning) these older books. The digital images of the books are being written to 3480 archive tape in PCX format. In this digital format, these books are now more readily available to researchers studying the historic main magnetic field. The main bibliography is organized alphabetically by author. The title of the work, date and place of publication, publisher, and a short description of the work are shown whenever available. For those reports written in a language other than English, an attempt has been made to translate the title. The original title follows in parentheses. However, the authors of this report claim no fluency in any language other than English, and welcome corrections to the translated titles. In no instance has an effort been made by WDC-A to translate the original publications. Following the bibliography, there are four appendices which index the entries in several ways. In Appendix 1 the reports are sorted by date, and the author and title are shown to allow the reader to refer to the main bibliography for more information. Appendix I1 is indexed by descriptive word, Appendix 111 by seismic region, and Appendix IV by geographic region. For each of these indices, a heading is followed by one or several citation numbers referring the reader to the main bibliography. The bibliography printed here is maintained as a digital bibliographic data base. Researchers interested in obtaining a digital copy of the entire data base with a read-only copy of the data base management system should contact WDC-A. The read-only copy of the data base will allow the user full search and retrieve capabilities, but will not allow changes nor additions to be made to the data base. Researchers interested in studying any of the reports contained in this bibliography should contact WDC-A. Most of the older reports have been digitally imaged and are available on 3480 tape. Reports published since 1947 may be subject to copyright and no further reproduction is authorized by WDC-A. WDC-A is interested in receiving additional publications containing observational main field 1 survey and secular change data for years prior to 1957. We also welcome visiting scientists and can make some resources available for researchers needing access to these or other data at the World Data Center. Please address all inquiries to: World Data Center-A for Solid Earth Geophysics National Geophysical Data Center NOAA, E/GCl 325 Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328 U.S.A. Telephone: 303-497-6478 (Geomagnetism) Fax: 303-497-65 13 Telex: 59281 1 NOAA MASC BDR E-mail: info@ mail.ngdc.noaa.gov Susan McLean Dennis Smith August 1993 2 3 Blank page retained for pagination Bibliography 1. Magnetic Observations in the West Indies 1911-12-13 (Udskrift af Deviations-Journalen Misoisningobservationer Vestindien 1911-12-13); Deviations Journal 1911-13, 1913. The journal contains values of compass deviations made in the West Indies from 1911 through 1913. Observations were probably made on the schooner Ingolf. The text is Norwegian or Danish. 2. The Academy of Science of the USSR, Analysis of the Space-Time Structure of the Geomagnetic Field. Moscow: The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1975. The book discusses the structure of Earth’s magnetic field, Several articles pertaining to the modeling of the magnetic field, magnetic indices, and observatory data are included. The text is in Russian. 3. Afshar, H.K., The Construction of the Magnetic Map of Iran; Iranian National Report to the 13th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1963. The journal contains values of declination, inclination, horizontal intensity, vertical intensity and total intensity from thirty-eight stations in Iran. For each station the latitude, longitude, elevation, and magnetic parameters are recorded. Charts for each element are also produced. 4. Afshar, H.K., Geomagnetic Activities in Iran during the Years 1961 and 1962; Iranian National Report to the 13th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1963. The journal describes the construction of the magnetic observatory at Tehran and gives test observations of the magnetic field for instrument comparison. The results of the magnetic storm, solar flare, pulsation, and sudden impulse observations are tabularized for 1961 and 1962. 5. Agocs, W.B., J.R. Paton, and J.B. Alexander, Extract from Colombo Plan Report on Airborne Magnetometer and Scintillation Counter Survey over Parts of Perak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan: Area 1; Records of the Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya, 1958. The journal discusses a survey made in 1952 in Malaya seeking possible locations of tin ores, and zones of sulphide mineralization and radioactivity for possible concentrations of uranium and thorium minerals. 5 6. Agocs, W.B., J.R. Paton, and J.B. Alexander, Extract from Colombo Plan Report on Airborne Magnetometer and Scintillation Counter Survey over Parts of Kedah and Perlis: Area 6; Records of the Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya, 1958. The report discusses attempts in Malaya to locate tin ores and zones of sulphide mineralization and radioactivity for possible uranium and thorium mineral concentrations. 7. Agocs, W.B., J.R. Paton, and J.B. Alexander, Extract from Colombo Plan Report on Airborne Magnetometer and Scintillation Counter Survey of Parts over Trengganu and Pahang; Records of the Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya, 1959. The report discusses a survey in Malaya in 1952 which sought to locate tin ores and zones of sulphide mineralization and radioactivity for possible concentrations of uranium and thorium. 8. Alessio, Alberto, Geomagnetic Determinations Performed in the State of Maggiore from 1905-1906 (Determinazioni de Magnetism0 Terrestre esequite dallo Stato Maggiore della 1905-1 906); Yearbook of Hydrography, Collection of Documents: Hydrography and Navigation (Annali Idrografici, Raccolta de Documenti: Idrografia e La Navigazione). Genoa: Institute of Hydrography of R. Marina, 1913. The book contains results of hydrographic, meteorological, and geophysical observations made from 1903 to 191 1. Magnetic declination, inclination, and horizontal intensity were observed at various locations, world-wide from 1905 through 1906. The text is in Italian. 9. Alldredge, L.R. and I. Saldukas, The Automatic Standard Magnetic Observatory; Technical Bulletin of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1966. The bulletin discusses the use of the Automatic Standard Magnetic Observatory-Remote (ASMOR). The instrument takes field measurements automatically and telemeters them to distant receiving and recording stations. The report describes the magnetic sensors and the theoretical basis on the development of the program. 10. Amaro, Carlos C., Report on the Work of the Department of Geomagnetism of the Institute of Geophysics of the National University of Mexico; Yearbook of the Institute of Geophysics of the National University of Mexico (Anales del Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM), 1967. This report was presented to the 14th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and