scholarly journals Structural Exploration of Aeromagnetic Data over Part of Gwagwalada, Abuja for Potential Mineral Targets Using Derivatives Filters

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Egbelehulu Priscillia ◽  
Abu Mallam ◽  
Abel U. Osagie ◽  
Adewumi Taiwo
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Deposit ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Aeromagnetic Data ◽  
Horizontal Gradients ◽  
Fault Lines ◽  
Tilt Derivative

Aeromagnetic data are consistently used for economic interest targeting and geological mapping. Besides solving problems that are concerned with the basement, the method has become a useful tool in exploring minerals,hydrocarbons occurrence,groundwater investigations, and geothermal potentials. This study analyses aeromagnetic data from the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency acquired at 100 m terrain clearance over a section of Gwagwalada in Abuja. The study area spans longitudes 7.0875° E to 7.1458° E and latitude 8.9625° N to 9.0° N (about 27 km2 ). After a reduction to the equator (RTE) transformation, the data is downward continued by 50 m. Different filters are applied to outline area of alteration associated to mineral deposit. Regional geologic structures trend NE - SW.The application of vertical derivatives (FVD and SVD) to the RTE grid enhanced shallow structures which trend NE - SW. Horizontal gradients along the X- and Y- directions enhance geological contacts attributable to blind faults. The Tilt derivative (TD) accentuated fault lines which trend NE - SW.

Geophysical characteristics of the northern Cordillera

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Hayward ◽  
J J Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Mineral Deposit ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Aeromagnetic Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Tectonic Development ◽  
Legacy Data ◽  
Definition Of

Geophysical data acquired under the Geological Survey of Canada's GEM Cordillera project provide a foundation to a broad range of geological investigations in the northern Canadian Cordillera. For areas of specific geological interest, over 230 000 km of high-resolution aeromagnetic data form a mosaic of comprehensive coverage over a total area of more than 82 000 km2. The data provide a powerful and valuable legacy data set for current and future activities by the Geological Survey of Canada and academic and industry partners and clients. Foremost, geophysical data interpretation complements surface geological mapping, especially in inaccessible terrain where bedrock exposure is commonly poor, enabling clearer definition of a region's geology and structure. Beyond applications to bedrock geological mapping, geophysical modelling, integrated with geological results, affords an improved understanding of the deeper crustal structure, leading to new models of the region's tectonic development and mineral deposit context.

scholarly journals General review of the Survey's activities in 1966

1966 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
General Review

The Geological Survey of Greenland continued in 1966 to carry out its three main tasks - the geological mapping of Greenland, the investigation of 'mineral deposits of economic interest and the publication of results. In addition the Survey has acted as geological adviser to the Ministry of Greenland in matters concerning the granting of mineral exploration concessions.

scholarly journals General review of the Survey's activities in 1969

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
General Review

The Geological Survey of Greenland continued in 1969 to carry out its three main tasks - the geological mapping of Greenland, the investigation of mineral deposits of economic interest and the publication of results. In addition the Survey has acted as geological adviser to the Ministry for Greenland in matters concerning the granting of mineral exploration concessions.

scholarly journals General review of the Survey's activities in 1968

1969 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
General Review

The Geological Survey of Greenland continued in 1968 to earry out its three main tasks - the geological mapping of Greenland, the investigation of mineral deposits of economic interest and the publieation of results. In addition the Survey has acted as geological adviser to the Ministry for Greenland in matters eoneerning the granting of mineral exploration concessions.

scholarly journals General review of the Survey's activities in 1970

1971 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
K. Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
General Review

The Geological Survey of Greenland continued in 1970 to carry out its three main tasks - the geological mapping of Greenland, the investigation of mineral deposits of economic interest and the publication of results. In addition the Survey has acted as geological adviser to the Ministry for Greenland in matters concerning the granting of mineral exploration concessions.

Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland

1969 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony K. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Place Names ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
New Name ◽  
Systematic Compilation

The first recorded landing by Europeans on the coast of northern East Greenland (north of 69°N) was that of William Scoresby Jr., a British whaler, in 1822. This volume includes a chronological summary of the pioneer 19th century exploration voyages made by British, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French and German expeditions – all of whom reported that the region had previously been occupied by the Inuit or Eskimo; also included are brief outlines of the increasing number of government and privately sponsored expeditions throughout the 20th century, whose objectives included cartography, geology, zoology, botany, trapping and the ascent of the highest mountain summits. In 1934 the Place Name Committee for Greenland was established, the tasks of which included a review of all place names hitherto recorded on published maps of Greenland, their formal adoption in danicised form, and the approval or rejection of new name proposals. In northern East Greenland, by far the largest numbers of new place names were those proposed by scientists associated with Lauge Koch's geological expeditions that lasted from 1926 until 1958. This volume records the location and origin of more than 3000 officially approved place names as well as about 2650 unapproved names. The author's interest in the exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland started in 1968, when the Geological Survey of Greenland initiated a major five-year geological mapping programme in the Scoresby Sund region. Systematic compilation of names began about 1970, initially with the names given by William Scoresby Jr., and subsequently broadened in scope to include the names proposed by all expeditions to northern East Greenland. The author has participated in 16 summer mapping expeditions with the Survey to northern East Greenland. Publication of this volume represents the culmination of a lifetime working in the Arctic.

The year in focus, 2000

2001 ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Kai Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Major Field ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Field Activity ◽  
Year 2000

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Sørensen, K. (2001). The year in focus, 2000. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 189, 7-10. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v189.5148 _______________ The year 2000 was unusual in that it lacked major field activity directly involved with the systematic geological mapping of Greenland. However, field activities were again many and varied, including a successful highresolution seismic survey offshore central West Greenland, and a joint Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) – Danish Lithosphere Centre (DLC) project centred on Kangerlussuaq in southern East Greenland. Of the Survey’s 354 personnel, 93 were allocated to Greenland-related activities (Table 1). The Greenland level of activity in 2000, both in Copenhagen and in the field, thus compared favourably with that of 1999.

scholarly journals Wandel Sea Basin: basin analysis – a summary

1995 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
E Håkansson ◽  
L Stemmerik
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Basin Analysis ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Natural Science Research Council ◽  
Field Season ◽  
North Greenland

In 1991 a three year research project was initiated by the Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen with financial support from the Ministry of Energy, the Danish Natural Science Research Council and the Carlsberg Foundation. The 'Wandel Sea Basin: basin analysis' project was carried out in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Greenland and included field work in North Greenland; in eastern Peary Land in 1991 and Amdrup Land in 1993 (Fig. 1; Hakansson et al., 1994). The project is a continuation of earlier investigations in the Wandel Sea Basin carried out during geological mapping of North Greenland by the Geological Survey of Greenland in 1978–1980 and during later expeditions to the area (e.g. Hakansson, 1979; Hakansson et al., 1981, 1989, 1991, 1994). Hydrocarbon related studies of the Wandel Sea Basin were continued during the 1994 field season (Stemmerik et al., this report).

scholarly journals The Skjoldungen map sheet: completion of the 1:500 000 geological mapping of South-East Greenland

1991 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
J.C Escher
Keyword(s):  
Geological Mapping ◽  
The Other ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Metamorphic Development ◽  
Geological Map ◽  
Map Series

The publication of the 1:500 000 Skjoldungen map sheet (Escher, 1990; Fig. 1) marks the completion of the Geological Survey of Greenland's (GGU's) reconnaissance mapping activities in South-East Greenland. A descriptive text to the map is under preparation. All of South-East Greenland between Kap Farvel (59° 00´N) and Mesters Vig (72° 00´N) is now covered by sheets of the 1:500 000 geological map series of Greenland. Five sheets in the series (nos 5,6,9, 10 and 11) remain to be published (Fig. 1); the Thule map sheet (sheet 5) will be printed in the course of 1991, and sheet 10 is under compilation. The presentation of the Skjoldungen map is somewhat different from that of the other 1:500 000 maps inthe series. In addition to traditional lithological information, an effort has been made to show the tectonic/metamorphic development of the region during the Archaean and Proterozoic.

scholarly journals 3-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND MODELING ACTIVITIES AT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-2/W4 ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jarna ◽  
A. Bang-Kittilsen ◽  
C. Haase ◽  
I. H. C. Henderson ◽  
F. Høgaas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Visualization ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Marine Geology ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Wide Range

Geology and all geological structures are three-dimensional in space. Geology can be easily shown as four-dimensional when time is considered. Therefore GIS, databases, and 3D visualization software are common tools used by geoscientists to view, analyse, create models, interpret and communicate geological data. The NGU (Geological Survey of Norway) is the national institution for the study of bedrock, mineral resources, surficial deposits and groundwater and marine geology. The interest in 3D mapping and modelling has been reflected by the increase of number of groups and researches dealing with 3D in geology within NGU. This paper highlights 3D geological modelling techniques and the usage of these tools in bedrock, geophysics, urban and groundwater studies at NGU, same as visualisation of 3D online. The examples show use of a wide range of data, methods, software and an increased focus on interpretation and communication of geology in 3D. The goal is to gradually expand the geospatial data infrastructure to include 3D data at the same level as 2D.

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