Up Into the Air: The First Airborne Magnetometer Operations Draft by Doug Morrison
SPEC.PA.56.5030
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2004 December 16
Magnetometers are instruments that measure the strength, direction, or relative change of a magnetic field. They are often used in oil detection such as on the seismic survey of the Naval Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, in 1945. This was a publically funded oil exploration mission, spurred by ongoing fuel shortages from World War II. Dale W. Boyett participated in this mission as a radio operator. As of 2019, Doug Morrison is an Australian geophysicist who has primarily worked with airborne magnetics; he has a personal interest in the history of geophysics and magnetometers.
Up Into the Air: The First Airborne Magnetometer Operations Draft by Doug Morrison dates from December 16, 2004, and consists of one spiral bound draft of a paper on the use of magnetometers for geological mapping and surveying.
(1) letter file folder
English
Morrison, Doug, 1944-
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. PA.2010.0014: Dale Boyett, 2010 October
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Up Into the Air: The First Airborne Magnetometer Operations Draft by Doug Morrison, SPEC.PA.56.5030, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2019 October; Finding aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2019 October
Historical Note
Magnetometers are instruments that measure magnetism; these devices measure the strength, direction, or relative change of a magnetic field. They are often used in geophysical surveys, and sometimes to detect submarines, magnetic anomalies, and in oil detection.
Dale W. Boyett (1924-2013) was a United States Naval dive bomber radioman-gunner during World War II; he was sent on the seismic survey of the Naval Petroleum Reserve, Alaska as a radio operator in 1945. This was a publically funded oil exploration mission, spurred by ongoing fuel shortages from World War II. On the mission, crew members flew a PBY-5A aircraft to survey the area via magnetometer. Surveyors collected over 6,700 line miles of aeromagnetic data, and were commended by the Navy for their work.
As of 2019, Doug Morrison is an Australian geophysicist who has primarily worked with airborne magnetics; he has a personal interest in the history of geophysics and magnetometers.
Scope and Contents
Up Into the Air: The First Airborne Magnetometer Operations Draft by Doug Morrison dates from December 16, 2004, and consists of one spiral bound draft of a paper on the use of magnetometers for geological mapping and surveying. In particular, it contains photographs and details of a seismic survey using magnetometers of the Naval Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, that Dale Boyett participated in during World War II. It is unclear what Morrison's purpose was in writing this paper.
Boyett, Dale W.
Morrison, Doug, 1944-
United States. Navy.
Aerial surveys--Alaska--20th century
Geophysics--Alaska--Research--20th century
Magnetometers--Alaska--20th century
National Petroleum Reserve (Alaska)
Papers (documents)
Petroleum--Prospecting--Alaska--20th century