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In order to investigate the characteristics of short period geomagnetic variations in Shaanxi region, a temporary measurement profile from Shiquan in the southern part of Shaanxi to Ningxian in Gansu was set up in September of 1996 to carry out simultaneous observation of three-component geomagnetic variations along the profile. The vertical transfer functions, the horizontal transfer functions and the spectral component’s relationship of each period segment at each site in the period range from 3 min to 2 h were statistically calculated. Random data theory was applied to the data processing for reference, which led to a relatively good result. Analysis of the data point out that short period geomagnetic variations are affected by the regional influence of underground anomalous inductive current concentration between Wugong and Qianling in the nearly E-W direction and by the influence of local inductive current in nearby area of measurement site. The main distribution feature is that vertical transfer functions reverse between Wugong and Qianling and frequency responses of the transfer functions have maximum at period about 20 min.
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Contribution No. 98A01020, Institute of Geophysics, China Seismological Bureau, China.
This subject is supported by the State Natural Science Foundation.
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Fan, GH., Yao, TQ., Han, KL. et al. The distribution characteristics of short period geomagnetic variations in Shaanxi region. Acta Seimol. Sin. 11, 719–727 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-998-0007-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-998-0007-9