scholarly journals Ways to improve the reliability of interpreting the results of geophysical surveys performed for the local forecast and prospecting for solid minerals: a geodynamic approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
N. A. Kasyanova
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Geophysical Fields ◽  
Local Searches ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
Geodynamic Processes ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Geophysical Anomalies

Background. The geodynamic approach is effectively used in regional forecasting and prospecting works. However, its application for local forecasting and prospecting for solid minerals is limited and sometimes impossible. One of the key problems of local forecasting and prospecting for minerals (solid, liquid, gaseous) is the presence of non-standard (flickering) geophysical anomalies, which complicates the interpretation of the results of geophysical surveys performed at different times at different stages of geological exploration. The article is devoted to clarifying the possibility of using geodynamic research in local forecasting and prospecting for solid minerals on the basis of attracting the latest scientific knowledge from the field of studying the spatio-temporal patterns of the development of modern geodynamic processes and their influence on the Earth’s geophysical fields. Aim. To increase the reliability of interpreting the results of geophysical surveys performed for local forecasting and prospecting for solid minerals.Materials and methods. The research was carried out on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of literature data, fund materials and the results of many years of the author’s own research in the fields of modern geodynamics and prospecting and exploration geodynamics. The initial data were based on the monitoring data of various Earth’s geophysical fields (deformation, seismic, and surface magnetic).Results. A geodynamic reason for the appearance of flickering anomalies in the Earth’s geophysical fields (in particular, magnetic) has been established, and a mechanism for their formation under the influence of modern geodynamic processes has been proposed. The possibility of using the geodynamic approach in the prospecting for solid minerals has been expanded, and ways to increasing the efficiency of local searches have been proposed.Conclusions. The research demonstrates the possibility of using geodynamic studies in local prospecting for solid minerals, which helps to increase the reliability of the results of interpretation of geophysical survey data, and, as a result, to reduce the overall financial and time costs involved with searching for mineral deposits.

scholarly journals Web technologies in cartographic support of geological exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Dmitriy S. Loginov
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
Processing Module ◽  
Interactive Map

Abstract. Web technologies are now an integral part of the implementation of research work in various branches of science. The geological and geophysical direction is no exception, where the planning and execution of geological and geophysical surveys depend on the accuracy, reliability and relevance of the transmitted information.The article deals with the possibilities of web technologies for cartographic support of geological exploration – a complex of scientific and production works, designed to determine the industrial significance of mineral deposits (ore, hydrocarbon, etc.). Examples are given of the use of geoportal solutions for the publication of data on the territory of study.Taking into account the current level of web technologies development, a proprietary web-service was created to provide operational access to geodata during geological and geophysical work. The presented solution is implemented using PostgreSQL DBMS, PostGIS geospatial data processing module, Leaflet JavaScript library. The resulting interactive map allows to perform operational monitoring of field crews during seismic exploration, provides information on the stages of data processing and interpretation. Also it allows to implement a unified geoinformation space for joint work of specialists from different industries.

Study of the Spatio-Temporal Data Model in Sea Battlefield

2012 ◽  
Vol 246-247 ◽  
pp. 744-748
Author(s):  
Yue Lin Sun ◽  
Lei Bao ◽  
Yi Hang Peng
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Temporal Data ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
The Right ◽  
Effective Analysis

An effective analysis of the battlefield situation and spatio-temporal data model in a sea battlefield has great significance for the commander to perceive the battlefield situation and to make the right decisions. Based on the existing spatio-temporal data model, the present paper gives a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of sea battlefield data, and chooses the object-oriented spatio-temporal data model to modify it; at the same time this paper introduces sea battlefield space-time algebra system to define various data types formally, which lays the foundation for the establishment of the sea battlefield spatio-temporal data model.

Modern approaches to evaluating the efficiency of mining

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-236
Author(s):  
A. B. Kolokoltseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Economic Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

Russia is the largest country in the world and occupies one of the leading places on the planet in terms of natural resources, but the bulk of deposits were explored to some extent more than a quarter of a century ago, back in the Soviet era. Due to the changes in the sources of financing for the reproduction of mineral resources and geological exploration of the subsurface, qualitative and quantitative indicators are reduced by an order of magnitude, which leads to greater risks in the development of mineral deposits. Even despite the large number of scientific papers, the economic situation forces us to search for more modern and multi-parametric methods for evaluating the efficiency of mining. The article considers the main economic methods for evaluating the efficiency of mining, determines their essence and application features. On the basis of conducted analysis, disadvantages and advantages of using the studied methods were identified, and the author's interpretation of the economic assessment of efficiency of mining resources was given.

Surveying Batavia’s Graveyard: Geophysical controlled experiments and subsurface imaging of archaeological sites on an Indian Ocean coral island

Geophysics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. B147-B163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Shragge ◽  
David Lumley ◽  
Nader Issa ◽  
Tom Hoskin ◽  
Alistair Paterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Controlled Experiments ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Coral Island ◽  
Water Saturated ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Geophysical Anomalies

We conducted geophysical surveys on Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago offshore Western Australia, to investigate areas of archaeological interest related to the 1629 Batavia shipwreck, mutiny, and massacre. We used three complementary near-surface geophysical survey techniques (total magnetic intensity, electromagnetic induction mapping, and ground-penetrating radar) to identify anomalous target zones for archaeological excavation. Interpreting near-surface geophysical anomalies is often complex and nonunique, although it can be significantly improved by achieving a better understanding of site-specific factors including background conditions, natural variability, detectability limits, and the geophysical response to, and spatial resolution of, buried targets. These factors were not well-understood for Beacon Island nor indeed for the Australian coastal environment. We have evaluated the results of controlled experiments in which we bury known targets at representative depths and analyze the geophysical responses in terms of an ability to detect and resolve targets from natural background variability. The maximum depth of detectability of calibration targets on Beacon Island is limited to approximately 0.5 m due to significant variations in background physical properties between a thin ([Formula: see text]) and highly unconsolidated dry sand, shell, and coral layer of variable thickness overlying a sea-water-saturated sandy half-space. Our controlled measurements have implications for calibrating and quantifying the interpretation of geophysical anomalies in areas of archaeological interest, particularly in coastal and sandy-coral island environments. Our geophysical analyzes contributed to the discovery of archaeological materials and five historical burials associated with the 1629 Batavia shipwreck.

scholarly journals GENERAL REVIEW OF THE GENETIC AND GEOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC MODELING OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SERBIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Radule Tosovic
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Economic Modeling ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Economic Modelling ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
General Review ◽  
Geological Work

Changed marketing and economy-ambiental conditions of planning, realization and evaluation of the geological exploration, order quantitative different approach in which are integral implied geology important elements of the deposit of mineral row materials, based the genetic characteristics and marketing necessary question of economy payfull. The conditions and the way of origin the deposit, respectively genetic characteristics, directly across the geological specific of the deposits reflect on the conception and methodology of their geological exploration. On the other side, the changed market conditions, after made community political changes in Serbia, together with the transition problems, in the first plan propound the profitability of the geological work and the results of the geological explorations. In such economy-economic defined conditions of the valorization of mineral resources of Serbia, especially important role has the connected genetic and geological–economic modelling of the deposits of the mineral row materials.

scholarly journals Cold-Air Pool Processes in the Inn Valley During Föhn: A Comparison of Four Cases During the PIANO Campaign

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Haid ◽  
Alexander Gohm ◽  
Lukas Umek ◽  
Helen C. Ward ◽  
Mathias W. Rotach
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Flow Instability ◽  
Heat Budget ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The West ◽  
Cold Air ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Shear Flow Instability ◽  
The City

AbstractWe present a comprehensive analysis of four south föhn events observed during the Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn (PIANO) field campaign in the Inn Valley, Austria, in the vicinity of Innsbruck. The goal is to detect and quantify processes of cold-air pool (CAP) erosion by föhn as well as processes of föhn breakdown. Despite differences in föhn breakthrough and strength, the four cases exhibit similarities in CAP evolution: initially, the CAP experienced strongest warming in the centre of Innsbruck, where the föhn jet from the Wipp Valley interacted with the CAP in the Inn Valley. The resulting shear-flow instability at the föhn–CAP interface caused turbulent CAP erosion and, together with vertical warm-air advection, led to CAP depression over the city centre. This depression drove pre-föhn westerlies near the surface that caused cold-air advection inside the CAP west of the city centre and warm-air advection in the east. Ultimately, the latter contributed to stronger CAP erosion in the east than in the west. This stronger heating also explains the preferential initial föhn breakthrough at the valley floor east of Innsbruck. In two of the cases, subsequent westward propagation of the föhn–CAP boundary across the city accompanied by northerly (deflected) föhn winds led to a complete föhn breakthrough. Föhn breakdown occurred either by a backflow of the CAP remnant or by a cold-frontal passage. This study emphasizes the importance of both turbulence and advection in the CAP heat budget and reveal their large spatio–temporal variability.

QUARTZ PROSPECTING WITH INDUCED POLARIZATION (IP) AND RESISTIVITY BY USING GRADIENT AND DIPOLE-DIPOLE ARRAYS

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Domingos Faraco Gallas
Keyword(s):  
Induced Polarization ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
Geophysical Anomalies

ABSTRACT. Geophysical surveys were accomplished in Bahia, Brazil, and they aimed at detecting resistivity and/or IP geophysical anomalies that may be correlated to large quartz mass occurrences that, in some cases, may have economic interest (hyaline high-quality quartz or quartz with rutile inclusions). These quartz masses occur in granitic rocks. The indirect geophysical detection of quartz masses was possible, however it could not differentiate the aforementioned types of quartz. After digging wells and trenches, the presence of milky quartz masses, without economic interest, was confirmed.Keywords: resistivity, IP, quartz prospecting. RESUMO. Os levantamentos geofísicos foram efetuados no interior da Bahia, Brasil, e tiveram como objetivo a detecção de anomalias geofísicas de resistividade e/ou IP que pudessem ser correlacionáveis às ocorrências de grandes massas quartzosas que, em alguns casos, podem conter quartzo de interesse econômico – quartzo hialino de boa qualidade ou com inclusões de rutilo. Estas massas quartzosas estão contidas em rochas de composição granítica. A detecção de massas quartzosas por meios geofísicos indiretos foi possível, contudo não permitiu diferenciar os tipos de quartzo supracitados. Conforme confirmações posteriores com escavação de poços e trincheiras, os resultados detectaram a presença das massas quartzosas, porém de quartzo leitoso, sem interesse econômico.Palavras-chave: resistividade, IP, prospecção de quartzo.

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE ARKANSAS BAUXITE REGION

Geophysics ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Malamphy ◽  
James L. Vallely
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spring ◽  
Geophysical Survey ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Magnetic Survey ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Clark County ◽  
Ore Bodies ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
Bauxite Ore ◽  
Geophysical Anomalies

Magnetic and gravimetric surveys were conducted over an area of approximately 1400 square miles in the bauxite district of central Arkansas. The primary purpose of these surveys was to discover any possible buried and hitherto unknown syenite masses favorable for the occurrence of bauxite and to determine the approximate position of the buried flanks of the known syenite masses which might offer conditions favorable for the discovery of new ore bodies. These surveys indicated that the various syenite outcrops are domes or bosses on a large batholith and that other similar domes occur on the batholith but do not outcrop. Drilling on the local geophysical anomalies proved the presence of 10 buried domes, but only 2 were found to project above the upper surface of the Midway clays, a requisite of conditions favorable for the occurrence of bauxite ore bodies. The geophysical data indicated the approximate configuration of the buried flanks of the known syenite outcrops, and the portions of these flanks that project above the Midway have now been outlined more accurately by drilling. The geophysical surveys have produced evidence permitting the elimination of a large area as unfavorable for the occurrence of bauxite. Magnetic surveys extending along the Midway‐Wilcox contact from Gurdon in Clark County on the southwest to Searcy in White County on the northeast have proved the improbability of the existence of other syenite masses similar to those found in Pulaski and Saline Counties. A detailed magnetic survey of the Magnet Cove area in Hot Spring County has proved that the syenite mass exposed in that locality is an isolated intrusion and entirely unrelated to those of Pulaski and Saline Counties. This syenite mass does not occur under conditions believed to be favorable for the occurrence of bauxite.

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