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We show that when the aim is to analyze anomalies related to sedimentary features, it is more useful to study shaded relief versions of the profile data than to study digitally enhanced images of high‐pass filtered or calculated gradient data a reason for this is probably the loss of high‐wavenumber, very low amplitude, information in the gridding process. High‐pass filtered aeromagnetic profiles from the Mid‐Norwegian continental shelf, displayed as shaded relief versions of color stripes, provide a lucid picture of sedimentary layering and structure not easily displayed by proper application of modern enhancement techniques to images of the gridded aeromagnetic data.

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