Figure 48.—Profile of total magnetic intensity and topography, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Soundings made with PDR. Magnetic measurements made with fluxgate total-intensity magnetometer. Magnetic values in gammas relative to an arbitrary zero.

Figure 49.—Physiographic provinces and trans-Atlantic structure

Based on scattered seismic-refraction measurements in the North Atlantic which have been projected along province boundaries. The topographic profile was pieced together from continuously recorded echo-sounding profiles from New York to Spanish Sahara.

In the continental margin the upper layer represents the sedimentary rock. The dashed symbol indicates the continental crustal rocks. The lower layer represents oceanic crustal rocks. The mantle lies below the lowest layer.