| Terrain category | Magnetic source morphology | Identification mark (differential, second order differential, integral) | ||
| dip45 | dip90 | dip135 | ||
| Level the land | Thick plate body | eNP | eNN | PPN |
| Lenticle | eNN | NNP | NNN | |
| Pinnacle | NNP | PPN | ePN | |
| Mountain peak | Thick plate body | NNN | NeP | NPP |
| Lenticle | NPN | PNN | NNN | |
| Pinnacle | PNN | NPP | NNP | |
| Valley | Thick plate body | NNN | PNN | PPN |
| Lenticle | PNP | NNP | NNP | |
| Pinnacle | NNP | ePP | ePN | |
| Adret | Thick plate body | NNe | PPN | PPN |
| Lenticle | PPP | PNN | PNN | |
| Pinnacle | NNN | PPN | PPN | |
| Schattenseite | Thick plate body | NNP | eNN | ePN |
| Lenticle | eNN | NNP | eNN | |
| Pinnacle | ePN | PPN | NeP | |