EXPLORING SEULIMEUM FAULT IN ACEH, INDONESIA USING MAGNETIC METHOD

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (8-5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nordiana Mohd Muztaza ◽  
Muhammad Taqiuddin Zakaria ◽  
Rosli Saad ◽  
Nur Azwin Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Syukri

The study explores the use of magnetic method as an alternative measurement device for Seulimeum fault detection and location in Krueng Raya, Ie Seu Um, Iejue, Lamtamot (Aceh Besar) and Tangse, Pidie (Indonesia). The magnetic survey was performed using G-856 proton magnetometer and the spacing between stations was depends on the study location; Krueng Raya (50-300 m spacing randomly), Ie Seu Um (10-30 m randomly), Iejue (50 m), Lamtamot (50-70 m) and Tangse (50-200 m). The magnetic data was processed by utilising Microsoft excels and Surfer 10 software which was displayed in a form of contouring and revealed fault zones. The local magnetic value in Krueng Raya was -700 to 650 nT, Ie Seu Um was -500 to 300 nT, Iejue was -150 to 600 nT, Lamtamot was -200 nT to 200 nT and Tangse was -750 to 350 nT. The magnetic results showed the trend pattern of low and high residual value surround the study area. The highly contrast of magnetic contouring map was interpreted as fault zones. All results show that the trend pattern of fault mapped by magnetic method was trending from northwest to southeast direction. The magnetic residual map was correlated with geological map which show the existence of Seulimeum fault and proved that the study area is bounded by small faults.

Author(s):  
Thorkild M. Rasmussen ◽  
Leif Thorning

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Rasmussen, T. M., & Thorning, L. (1999). Airborne geophysical surveys in Greenland in 1998. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 183, 34-38. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v183.5202 _______________ Airborne geophysical surveying in Greenland during 1998 consisted of a magnetic project referred to as ‘Aeromag 1998’ and a combined electromagnetic and magnetic project referred to as ‘AEM Greenland 1998’. The Government of Greenland financed both with administration managed by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). With the completion of the two projects, approximately 305 000 line km of regional high-resolution magnetic data and approximately 75 000 line km of detailed multiparameter data (electromagnetic, magnetic and partly radiometric) are now available from government financed projects. Figure 1 shows the location of the surveyed areas with highresolution geophysical data together with the area selected for a magnetic survey in 1999. Completion of the two projects was marked by the release of data on 1 March, 1999. The data are included in the geoscientific databases at the Survey for public use; digital data and maps may be purchased from the Survey.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1092
Author(s):  
Brian R. Page ◽  
Reeve Lambert ◽  
Nina Mahmoudian ◽  
David H. Newby ◽  
Elizabeth L. Foley ◽  
...  

This paper presents results from the integration of a compact quantum magnetometer system and an agile underwater glider for magnetic survey. A highly maneuverable underwater glider, ROUGHIE, was customized to carry an increased payload and reduce the vehicle’s magnetic signature. A sensor suite composed of a vector and scalar magnetometer was mounted in an external boom at the rear of the vehicle. The combined system was deployed in a constrained pool environment to detect seeded magnetic targets and create a magnetic map of the test area. Presented is a systematic magnetic disturbance reduction process, test procedure for anomaly mapping, and results from constrained operation featuring underwater motion capture system for ground truth localization. Validation in the noisy and constrained pool environment creates a trajectory towards affordable littoral magnetic anomaly mapping infrastructure. Such a marine sensor technology will be capable of extended operation in challenging areas while providing high-resolution, timely magnetic data to operators for automated detection and classification of marine objects.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
O.I. Popoola ◽  
O.A. Adenuga ◽  
E.O. Joshua

The geological map of the old western region of Nigeria indicates the presence of iron ore deposit at Iboro village Ogun state (7.9983o - 7.99933o N, 3.5790o - 3.5890o E). Hence a ground magnetic survey was carried out at a location at Iboro village so as to delineate the subsurface magnetic anomalies and to know whether the anomalies favour accumulation of magnetic minerals. The survey was carried out using high resolution proton precession magnetometer model G-856X. Eight traverses were run at 5m separations and earth magnetic intensity values were measured at 10m intervals along each traverse; the acquired data were corrected for drift. The residual anomalies obtained by removal of regional gradient from observed data using trend analysis were presented as profiles and maps. The treated data were qualitatively and quantitatively interpreted and the results gave values for the total ground magnetic anomalies that varied between a minimum and maximum peak values of about -33.0 and 30.6nT respectively. Depth to the basement rock was estimated using Peter’s half slope method which gave a maximum depth of about 13m. The contour maps and the total relative graphs present the subsurface picture of the geological structure that is assumed to harbour the metallic minerals through the action of the field towards the concentration of anomalies. It was suspected that the overburden was relatively thin in the study area and the minerals were at a shallow depth.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1309
Author(s):  
Yaoxin Zheng ◽  
Shiyan Li ◽  
Kang Xing ◽  
Xiaojuan Zhang

Despite the increased attention that has been given to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based magnetic survey systems in the past decade, the processing of UAV magnetic data is still a tough task. In this paper, we propose a novel noise reduction method of UAV magnetic data based on complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN), permutation entropy (PE), correlation coefficient and wavelet threshold denoising. The original signal is first decomposed into several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) by CEEMDAN, and the PE of each IMF is calculated. Second, IMFs are divided into four categories according to the quartiles of PE, namely, noise IMFs, noise-dominant IMFs, signal-dominant IMFs, and signal IMFs. Then the noise IMFs are removed, and correlation coefficients are used to identify the real signal-dominant IMFs. Finally, the wavelet threshold denoising is applied to the real signal-dominant IMFs, the denoised signal can be obtained by combining the signal IMFs and the denoised IMFs. Both synthetic and field experiments are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results show that the proposed method can eliminate the interference to a great extent, which lays a foundation for the further interpretation of UAV magnetic data.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Le Maire ◽  
Denis Thieblemont ◽  
Marc Munschy ◽  
Guillaume Martelet ◽  
Geoffroy Mohn

<p>Continent-Ocean Transitions (COT) and ultra-slow spreading ridges, floored by wide area of exhumed serpentinized mantle, bear strong amplitude magnetic lineations. However, whether these anomalies are linked to inversions of the direction of the magnetization (therefore characterized as isochrones of seafloor spreading) or to structural and lithological contrasts remains an open question. Generally, marine magnetic data acquired at sea surface along profiles, are too low resolution to image the intensity variations of the magnetic field at a kilometric scale. Performing a dense deep tow magnetic survey at a present-day COT or ultra-slow spreading system would be better to determine the sources of the magnetic signal but remains expensive. To go ahead, a valuable alternative to address these questions is to record the magnetic signal on ophiolite representing remnants of COT and oceanic systems sampled in orogenic system. We worked on the Chenaillet Ophiolite (French Alps), which represents a fossil COT or ultra-slow spreading system integrated to the Alpine orogeny. This ophiolite escaped high-pressure metamorphism and has only been weakly deformed during Alpine orogeny, preserving its pre-orogenic structure.</p><p>We performed an UAV magnetic survey using fluxgate magnetometers in complex conditions due to the altitude (> 1800 m), the strong topography variations and the weather conditions (negative temperatures, snow). Despite these difficulties, which highlight the viability of UAV for geophysical measurements, a survey of 20 square kilometers with 219 km of profiling was completed 100 m above ground level. Flight line spacing is 100 m above the ophiolitic basement and 200 m above the sedimentary units. Another magnetic UAV survey was flown with another UAV to map a small area 10 m above ground level. Magnetic anomaly maps were computed after standard processing (e.g., calibration/compensation, temporal variation and regional magnetic field corrections, levelling).</p><p>Our first results evidence well-defined magnetic anomalies clearly linked to serpentinite. This shows that the magnetic signal is of sufficient resolution to contribute to a revision of the cartography of the massif combining geological observations and magnetic data.</p><p>In addition, the magnetic susceptibility was measured on 60 outcrops, to support interpretation.</p><p>In this presentation, we focus on the magnetic acquisition campaigns, processing and 2D/3D interpretations by forward modelling and data inversion. Lastly, two items are discussed: 1) contribution of magnetic UAV surveys for geological mapping; and 2) implication of the results on the Chenaillet massif to discuss the contribution of magnetic mapping to the understanding of the TOC or ultra-slow spreading system.</p>


1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Robert J. Whiteley ◽  
Barry F. Long ◽  
David A. Pratt

The magnetic method is used at many stages of a modern petroleum exploration program. Effective interpretation techniques are required to extract maximum geological information from magnetic data. Those techniques which provide the greatest flexibility and make full use of the talents of experienced interpreters are generally of a semi-automated and interactive nature.There are several practical methods for semi-automated quantitative magnetic interpretation in sedimentary basins. Initial interpretation can be achieved by automatic calculation of characteristic anomaly parameters continuously along original or processed magnetic data profiles. Detailed interpretation of more subtle magnetic features can then follow by theoretical anomaly comparison with field anomalies using interactive portfolio modelling or by direct computation.Examples of the use of these semi-automated techniques in the interpretation of basement and intra-sedimentary magnetic anomalies show that combined magnetic and seismic interpretations can provide considerable insight into the structural processes which have operated in a sedimentary basin.


2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 1398-1408
Author(s):  
Mustapha Meghraoui ◽  
Paulina Amponsah ◽  
Paul Bernard ◽  
Bekoa Ateba

The seismotectonics of Western Africa show the occurrence of major earthquakes (e.g., 1636 southwestern Ghana, 1855 offshore Monrovia, 1939 offshore Accra, and 1983 Gaoual-Guinea) and prominent offshore transform faults. However, there is no analysis that links the continental active tectonics with the oceanic fault zones of the Gulf of Guinea. We study the active tectonics by firstly mapping the main transform faults using a combination of bathymetric, gravimetric, and magnetic data. The data analysis associates regional seismicity (historical and instrumental) with focal mechanisms as extracted from the recently published seismotectonic map of Africa. We identify active transform faults, the Chain (CFZ), Romanche (RFZ), Saint Paul (SPFZ), and Arkhangelskiy (AFZ) fault zones. We also calculate strain rates on these faults from Late Cretaceous (–85 Ma) to present time using paleomagnetic data and infer slip rates from the seismic moment data. The strain rates show a first stable trend around 2 cm/year and then accelerate to 4 cm/year in the last 10 million years. The comparison of Late Quaternary strain rates with geodetic strain rates shows an accumulation of seismic energy that could lead to the initiation of an Mw 7–7.5 earthquakes on the Saint Paul transform fault. Our seismotectonic analysis clearly links oceanic and continental tectonics, with about a 20°–30° anticlockwise fault trend rotation for CFZ, RFZ, and SPFZ. The potential for the occurrence of large earthquakes in the Gulf of Guinea should be taken into account for a realistic regional seismic and tsunami hazard of the Gulf of Guinea.


Geophysics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 988-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian R. S. Minty ◽  
Peter R. Milligan ◽  
Tony Luyendyk ◽  
Timothy Mackey

Regional compilations of airborne magnetic data are becoming more common as national databases grow. Grids of the magnetic survey data are joined together to form geological province‐scale or even continental‐scale compilations. The advantage of these compilations is that large tectonic features and geological provinces can be better mapped and interpreted. We take a holistic approach to the joining of survey grids. The leveling of the grids into a regional compilation is treated as a single inverse problem. We use the weighted least‐squares method to find the best adjustment for each survey grid such that the data value differences in the grid overlap areas are minimized. The method spreads any inconsistencies between grids among all of the grid overlap areas and minimizes the introduction of long‐wavelength errors into the composite grid. This is an improvement on the conventional approach of joining grids sequentially. A comparison of leveled data over Western Australia with diurnally‐corrected long aeromagnetic traverses shows long‐wavelength errors of about 200 nT over distances of more than 5000 km. This is an improvement on the sequential grid‐joining method, which gives errors of about 450 nT over the same distance. The application of the method to a smaller area covered by good quality surveys resulted in long‐wavelength errors of about 30 nT over a distance of 1200 km. This is within the estimated accuracy of the original survey measurements. The new method is also fast—what used to take many weeks of effort can now be achieved in a matter of hours.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 563-576
Author(s):  
Tharwat H. Abdel Hafeez

The study area is regionally covered by rock exposures ranging in age from the Precambrian to Quaternary. The aeromagnetic survey is a useful tool that help in geological mapping, providing information at a reasonable proportion of the cost of ground mapping. The reduced to the northern magnetic pole (RTP) map was separated into regional and residual magnetic component maps by the computed power spectrum of the magnetic data. The estimated mean depths of both regional and residual magnetic sources were found to be 2510 m and 383 m respectively. Also, two advanced techniques were used to analyze the depth magnetic data. These methods are analytical signal (AS) and source parameter imaging (SPI). The results of average depth estimates both methods (–950 m). These depth values were helped -to great extent- for define the direction of throw for the interpreted faults in the basement tectonic map. The statistical analysis shows that, most of the welldeveloped structural features are oriented mostly in the N-S, NNE-SSW, NW-SE and NNWSSE trending faults are considered the main trends affecting the distribution of the radioactive minerals.


1. According to electromagnetic theory, the line-integral ∫ H . ds of the magnetic force H taken round any closed curve is equal to 4πI, where I is the electric current threading the curve, H and I being measured in c.g.s. units. Such line-integrals have been calculated by Gauss and many later investigators for various curves on the earth’s surface, in order to determine whether any electric current flows upwards or downwards across the surface. Modern computations for large areas lead in general to values of ∫ H . ds differing from zero by amounts that correspond to current-densities of the order 3·10 -2 ampere/km. 2 . The magnetic field of such currents would account for 2 or 3 per cent, of the earth’s surface field. These results are inconsistent with the direct measurements of the atmospheric electric potential gradient and the ionisation of the air, which indicate a verticalcurrent-density of the order 3·10 -6 amp./km. 2 . If the magnetic estimates are reliable, the discrepancy indicates either that atmospheric electric currents exist which escape measurement, though they are 10,000 times as great as those which are measured, or that the relation ∫ H . ds = 4πI, which is one of the foundations of electromagnetic theory, is not strictly correct. These alternatives are so remarkable that the magnetic evidence must be above suspicion if it is to gain credence. Dr. L. A. Bauer holds that the results got from independent sets of data, for different epochs, and the mutual accordance of the results from neighbouring areas, justify the acceptance of the non-zero line-integrals, and that to explain them away it is necessary to assume quite unlikely systematic errors in the magnetic data. Other investigators show less conviction: for example, Sir Frank Dyson and H. Furner conclude that “though there is some evidence for Prof. Bauer’s results, the existence of vertical electric currents is not indicated with any great certainty.” But though the magnetic evidence may not be conclusive, it cannot be lightly dismissed, and in view of the importance of the question Sir Arthur Schuster has recently urged the desirability of a detailed magnetic survey of a small area as the best means of obtaining a definite conclusion.


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