MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY ANOMALY MAPS OF WEST VIRGINIA

The magnetic and gravity maps of West Virginia show anomalies or disturbances in the Earth's magnetic and gravity fields. These maps are part of a series of geologic, geochemical, structural, and geophysical maps compiled at the scale of 1:1,000,000 for mutual comparison and are produced in cooperation with the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. All maps of the series present the mineral resources and pertinent background earth science information of West Virginia. Because the magnetic and gravity anomaly maps are produced at a small scale, they show only anomalous features that are larger than 20 square miles. Smaller anomalous features appear on anomaly maps previously published at the scale of 1:250,000 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1974a,b, 1976, 1978; Kulander and Dean, 1987).