Inversion and magnetization homogeneity testing for 2D magnetic sources

Geophysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. J13-J19
Author(s):  
William Pareschi Soares ◽  
Carlos Alberto Mendonça

Many approaches to magnetic data inversion are based on assumptions that source magnetization is homogeneous in direction and intensity. Such assumptions rarely can be verified with independent geologic information and are usually incorporated without further inquiry in the next steps of data interpretation. The use of magnetization direction invariants, such as the gradient intensity of the total field anomaly (equivalent to the amplitude of the analytical signal [ASA]) and the intensity of the anomalous vector field (IAVF), is effective for modeling sources with strong remanent magnetization, usually with unknown direction. Even in such cases, however, the assumption of uniform magnetization is understood but unchecked when seeking smooth or compact solutions from data inversion. We have developed a procedure to test the assumption of uniform magnetization for 2D sources. For true 2D homogeneous sources, the ratio of ASA to IAVF can be modeled with a binary solution (0 and 1) regardless of the real value of the magnetization. A procedure to provide convergence was applied, and its output solution was submitted to a binary test to verify the uniformity hypothesis. This technique was illustrated with numerical simulations and then used to reinterpret a ground magnetic profile across an intrusive diabase body in sediments of the Paraná Basin, Brazil, revealing the existence of two adjacent bodies that are homogeneous with different magnetization intensities.

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Thabisani Ndlovu. ◽  
Mashingaidze R. T. ◽  
Mpofu P.

We apply the Analytic Signal and Euler depth filtering techniques on magnetic data to identify a magnetic causative body location-depth relationship, two parameters of importance in both geophysical exploration and ore body modelling. We identify a dipping magnetic contact from the interpreted Euler depth anomalies, showing a good agreement with both the Total Field Magnetic (TFM) map and the Analytic Signal (AS) map. The Euler depth anomalies correlate well with the locations and edges of shallow causative bodies. The deeper Euler interpreted sources explain the magnetic high on the regional aeromagnetic map which is coincident with neither geological contacts nor the more recent dolerite intrusions. This suggests that the magnetic highs on the regional aeromagnetic map are due to deep seated sources, otherwise invisible on the regional geological map. The results show the usefulness and relevancy of these two filters not only in interpreting routine TFM data from the study area, but up to a regional scale. While the aeromagnetic data shows that the magnetisation pattern is predominantly divorced from the geological map, the ground magnetic data interpretation points to a more recent magnetisation of the belt, enabling conclusions to be drawn about the geological history and structural geology otherwise not evident on the geological map.


Geophysics ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. L69-L73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Dannemiller ◽  
Yaoguo Li

The characterization and interpretation of magnetic anomalies rely upon knowledge of the total magnetization direction. Magnetization is usually assumed to consist solely, or primarily, of induced magnetization. The presence of strong remanent magnetization can alter the direction significantly and consequently adversely affect the interpretation, leading to erroneous sizes or shapes of causative bodies. Therefore, it is imperative to have some understanding of the total magnetization direction. We propose a method based upon the correlation between two quantities in magnetic data interpretation: the vertical gradient and the total gradient of the reduced-to-pole (RTP) field. This method is tested on both synthetic and field data sets. The results show that the method is effective in a variety of situations, including those with two-dimensional and three-dimensional dipping bodies and a field example that has a large deviation between the inducing field direction and the total magnetization direction.


Geophysics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. B1-B12
Author(s):  
Sayyed Mohammad Abtahi ◽  
Laust Börsting Pedersen ◽  
Jochen Kamm ◽  
Thomas Kalscheuer

The inherent nonuniqueness in modeling magnetic data can be partly reduced by adding prior information, either as mathematical constructs or simply as bounds on magnetization obtained from laboratory measurements. If a good prior model can be used as a reference model, then the quality of estimated models through an inverse approach can be greatly improved. But even though data on magnetic properties of rocks might exist, their distribution may often be quite irregular on local and regional scales, so that it is difficult to define representative classes of rock types suitable for constraining geophysical models of magnetization. We have developed a new way of constructing a reference model that varies only laterally and is confined to the part of the terrain that lies above the lowest topography in the area. To obtain this model, several estimated 2D magnetization distributions were constructed by data inversion as a function of the iteration number. Then, a suitable 2D model of the magnetization in the topography was chosen as a starting point for constructing a 3D reference model by modifying it with a vertical decay such that its average source depth was the same for all horizontal positions. The average source depth of the reference model was chosen to satisfy the average source depth obtained from analyzing the radial power spectrum of the area studied. Finally, the measured magnetic data were inverted in three dimensions using the given reference model. For a selected reference model, shallow structures indicated a better overall correlation with large remanent magnetizations measured on rock samples from the area. Throughout the entire model, the direction of magnetization was allowed to vary freely. We found that the Euclidean norm of the estimated model was reduced compared with the case where the magnetization direction was fixed.


Author(s):  
Ramadass G ◽  
Sri Ramulu G ◽  
Udaya Laxmi

<p>The total magnetic intensity data has been collected in and around Ramadugu Village in Eastern DharwarCraton to understand the magnetic evidence over the known Lamproites zones in conjunction with geology and geomorphology. Based on the magnetic, geological and geomorphological signatures observed from the known lamproites potential zones, new probable locations are identified in the study area. Nine magnetic lows and fourteen magnetic highs are traced, lows are representing the presence of Lamproites within the granite gneiss, and highs are observed over the presence of banded iron formations. The generated analytical (Horizontal, Vertical, Tilt, Analytical signal) maps from the total magnetic anomaly show the trends of the magnetic lineaments and trending in NW-SE, NE-SW &amp;E-W direction. The coefficient of variation (CV) of the magnetic data clearly identified four tectonic disturbed (A.B,C,D) zones, various faults and other lineaments/dykes and the intersection of lineaments, geological, morpho structural, tectonic aspects of reported occurrence of lamproites near Ramadugu and Vattikodu areas were found to be localized at surrounding of the domal peripherals. Using this criterion eight potential lamproites zones were delineated(2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11 and 13) in the study region. The long normalized radial averaged power spectrum of the study area indicated that the depth to the granite gneiss basement is around 2 Km.The dyke configurations in the region was obtained via the inversion of magnetic profiles.</p>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Creszyl Joy J. Arellano ◽  
Leo T. Armada ◽  
Carla B. Dimalanta ◽  
Karlo L. Queaño ◽  
Eric S. Andal ◽  
...  

1976 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Seguin ◽  
H. H. Arsenault

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 5736
Author(s):  
Filippo Accomando ◽  
Andrea Vitale ◽  
Antonello Bonfante ◽  
Maurizio Buonanno ◽  
Giovanni Florio

The compensation of magnetic and electromagnetic interference generated by drones is one of the main problems related to drone-borne magnetometry. The simplest solution is to suspend the magnetometer at a certain distance from the drone. However, this choice may compromise the flight stability or introduce periodic data variations generated by the oscillations of the magnetometer. We studied this problem by conducting two drone-borne magnetic surveys using a prototype system based on a cesium-vapor magnetometer with a 1000 Hz sampling frequency. First, the magnetometer was fixed to the drone landing-sled (at 0.5 m from the rotors), and then it was suspended 3 m below the drone. These two configurations illustrate endmembers of the possible solutions, favoring the stability of the system during flight or the minimization of the mobile platform noise. Drone-generated noise was filtered according to a CWT analysis, and both the spectral characteristics and the modelled source parameters resulted analogously to that of a ground magnetic dataset in the same area, which were here taken as a control dataset. This study demonstrates that careful processing can return high quality drone-borne data using both flight configurations. The optimal flight solution can be chosen depending on the survey target and flight conditions.


Geophysics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. D429-D444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Liu ◽  
Xiangyun Hu ◽  
Tianyou Liu ◽  
Jie Feng ◽  
Wenli Gao ◽  
...  

Remanent magnetization and self-demagnetization change the magnitude and direction of the magnetization vector, which complicates the interpretation of magnetic data. To deal with this problem, we evaluated a method for inverting the distributions of 2D magnetization vector or effective susceptibility using 3C borehole magnetic data. The basis for this method is the fact that 2D magnitude magnetic anomalies are not sensitive to the magnetization direction. We calculated magnitude anomalies from the measured borehole magnetic data in a spatial domain. The vector distributions of magnetization were inverted methodically in two steps. The distributions of magnetization magnitude were initially solved based on magnitude magnetic anomalies using the preconditioned conjugate gradient method. The preconditioner determined by the distances between the cells and the borehole observation points greatly improved the quality of the magnetization magnitude imaging. With the calculated magnetization magnitude, the distributions of magnetization direction were computed by fitting the component anomalies secondly using the conjugate gradient method. The two-step approach made full use of the amplitude and phase anomalies of the borehole magnetic data. We studied the influence of remanence and demagnetization based on the recovered magnetization intensity and direction distributions. Finally, we tested our method using synthetic and real data from scenarios that involved high susceptibility and complicated remanence, and all tests returned favorable results.


2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Juusola ◽  
O. Amm ◽  
K. Kauristie ◽  
A. Viljanen

Abstract. The goal of this study is to find a way to statistically estimate the Hall to Pedersen conductance ratio α from ground magnetic data. We use vector magnetic data from the CHAMP satellite to derive this relation. α is attained from magnetic satellite data using the 1-D Spherical Elementary Current Systems (SECS). The ionospheric equivalent current density can either be computed from ground or satellite magnetic data. Under the required 1-D assumption, these two approaches are shown to be equal, which leads to the advantage that the statistics are not restricted to areas covered by ground data. Unlike other methods, using magnetic satellite measurements to determine α ensures reliable data over long time sequences. The statistical study, comprising over 6000 passes between 55° and 76.5° northern geomagnetic latitude during 2001 and 2002, is carried out employing data from the CHAMP satellite. The data are binned according to activity and season. In agreement with earlier studies, values between 1 and 3 are typically found for α. Good compatibility is found, when α attained from CHAMP data is compared with EISCAT radar measurements. The results make it possible to estimate α from the east-west equivalent current density Jφ; [A/km]: α=2.07/(36.54/|Jφ|+1) for Jφ<0 (westward) and α=1.73/(14.79/|Jφ+1) for Jφ0 (eastward). Using the same data, statistics of ionospheric and field-aligned current densities as a function of geomagnetic latitude and MLT are included. These are binned with respect to activity, season and IMF BZ and BY. For the first time, all three current density components are simultaneously studied this way on a comparable spatial scale. With increasing activity, the enhancement and the equatorward expansion of the electrojets and the R1 and R2 currents is observed, and in the nightside, possible indications of a Cowling channel appear. During southward IMF BZ, the electrojets and the R1 and R2 currents are stronger and clearer than during northward BZ. IMF BY affects the orientation of the pattern.


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