Magnetics in geoexploration

The magnetic method is the oldest and one of the most widely used geophysical techniques for exploring the earth’s subsurface. It is a relatively easy and inexpensive tool to employ, being applicable to a wide variety of subsurface exploration problems involving horizontal magnetic property variations occurring from near the base of the crust to within the uppermost meter of soil. Successful applications of the magnetic method require an in-depth understanding of its basic principles and careful field work, data reduction, and interpretation. Commonly, interpretations are limited to qualitative approaches which simply map the spatial location of anomalous subsurface conditions, but under favourable circumstances the technological status of the method will permit more quantitative interpretations involving specification of the nature of the anomalous sources. No other geophysical method provides critical input to such a wide variety of problems. However, seldom does the magnetic method provide the complete answer to an investigation problem. As a result, it is generally used in concert with other geophysical and geological data to limit its interpretational ambiguities.     

应用地面高精度磁法测量成果在贵州罐子窑-茅口地区圈定铅锌铜金找矿远景区

本文通过对贵州罐子窑-茅口地区地面高精度磁测资料数据处理、化极和延拓,对圈定的弱磁异常进行地质解释,推断一些弱磁异常可能与浅成辉绿岩或热液活动有关。结合地物化遥成果,圈定了花贡铅锌金找矿远景区、罐子窑铅锌找矿远景区和花嘎铅锌铜金找矿远景区。而异常查证结果表明,所发现的铅锌矿化蚀变带均出现在推断的隐伏构造或隐伏侵入体附近,表明物、化探异常的出现应与深部岩浆和构造活动为成矿提供了热源和成矿空间有关,为寻找铅锌矿提供了间接找矿依据。     

Lithospheric magnetic anomalies in the territory of Siberia (from measurements by the CHAMP satellite)

The position of lithospheric magnetic anomalies, detected in total magnetic intensity and the vertical component of the magnetic field, has been determined for Siberia using data from the CHAMP satellite. The paper describes the technique for the satellite data processing and the ways of recognition of regional lithospheric magnetic anomalies from satellite-measured values of the total geomagnetic field, which are obtained from several sources (external and internal with respect to the Earth’s surface). Maps of magnetic-field anomalies of different scales have been constructed for several regions of Siberia depending on the method of areal averaging. The possible geologic and physical nature of the magnetic anomalies and their relationship with deep-seated crustal structures are considered. Preliminary interpretation of the magnetic-field maps shows that the anomalies are connected with the present-day large geologic and geophysical elements of the basement. The features of the lithospheric magnetic field, as a parameter reflecting the present position of tectonic structures and their physical properties, can be used for their contouring in combination with other geological and geophysical methods.     

Geophysical anomalies associated with uranium mineralization from Beldih mine, South Purulia Shear Zone, India

Beldih mine at the central part of the South Purulia Shear Zone (SPSZ) has been reported with low grade uranium-bearing formation within quartz-magnetite-apatite host in kaolinized formation. Therefore, the present integrated geophysical study with gravity, magnetic, radiometric, very low frequency electromagnetic (VLF) and gradient resistivity profiling methods around the known mineralized zones aimed at identifying the exact geophysical signatures and lateral extent of these uranium mineralization bands. The closely spaced gravity-magnetic contours over the low to high anomaly transition zones of Bouguer, reduced-to-pole magnetic, and trend surface separated residual gravity-magnetic anomaly maps indicate the possibility of high altered zone(s) along NW-SE direction at the central part of the study area. High current density plots of VLF method and the low resistive zones in gradient resistivity study depict the coincidence with low gravity, moderately high magnetic and low resistivity anomalies at the same locations. Moderate high radioactive zones have also been observed over these locations. This also suggests the existence of radioactive mineralization over this region. Along profile P2, drilled borehole data revealed the presence of uranium mineralization at a depth of ～100 m. The vertical projection of this mineralization band also identified as low gravity, low resistivity and high magnetic anomaly zone. Thus, the application of integrated geophysical techniques supported by geological information successfully recognized the nature of geophysical signatures associated with the uranium mineralization of this region. This enhances the scope of further integrated geophysical investigations in the unexplored regions of SPSZ.     

A second derivative method of resistivity sounding

The second vertical derivatives of gravity and magnetic potential are widely used in geophysical prospecting because of their better resolution. On the same basis an attempt has been made to obtain the expressions for the second vertical derivative of the electrical potential and to compute its nature for comparison. Derivative responses over a two-layered earth and also over an anticlinal structure have been computed and it is shown that the second vertical derivative sounding could be employed for greater accuracy in finding out the thickness of such beds or the inclination of the sides of the anticline and its depth when compared with normal resistivity sounding     

Geophysical prospection for late Holocene burials in coastal environments: Possibilities and problems from a pilot study in South Australia

Geophysical techniques have been widely employed for the noninvasive location of burial sites in archaeological and forensic investigations. This approach has met with varying degrees of success, depending on factors such as equipment choice, survey methodology, burial type, and geological setting. This paper reports the results of a multitechnique geophysical survey carried out immediately prior to the salvage excavation of two Indigenous burials from an eolian dune in coastal South Australia. Ground‐penetrating radar was not successful in defining the location of the burials owing to the disturbed nature of the local stratigraphy. Magnetic field intensity and apparent magnetic susceptibility surveys identified discrete anomalies that coincided with the location of skeletal material revealed during excavation, which we hypothesize to be due to burning or ochre use during funerary practices. Despite the spatial association of these features, subsequent laboratory analyses of the mineralogy and magnetic properties of sediments collected from the site failed to find a definite cause of the anomalies. Nevertheless, the association between them and the primary interment locations has implications for archaeological surveys carried out in the Australian coastal zone, as it highlights the potential of magnetic field intensity and apparent magnetic susceptibility geophysical techniques undertaken with a more refined survey methodology to afford a noninvasive, culturally appropriate means through which to detect Indigenous burials. This approach may prove particularly useful in areas with disturbed stratigraphy where ground‐penetrating radar is less effective. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Radiocarbon ages for coatings on cupules ground in quartzite bedrock at Rhino Cave in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana,and their paleoclimatic significance

Geophysical techniques have been widely employed for the noninvasive location of burial sites in archaeological and forensic investigations. This approach has met with varying degrees of success, depending on factors such as equipment choice, survey methodology, burial type, and geological setting. This paper reports the results of a multitechnique geophysical survey carried out immediately prior to the salvage excavation of two Indigenous burials from an eolian dune in coastal South Australia. Ground‐penetrating radar was not successful in defining the location of the burials owing to the disturbed nature of the local stratigraphy. Magnetic field intensity and apparent magnetic susceptibility surveys identified discrete anomalies that coincided with the location of skeletal material revealed during excavation, which we hypothesize to be due to burning or ochre use during funerary practices. Despite the spatial association of these features, subsequent laboratory analyses of the mineralogy and magnetic properties of sediments collected from the site failed to find a definite cause of the anomalies. Nevertheless, the association between them and the primary interment locations has implications for archaeological surveys carried out in the Australian coastal zone, as it highlights the potential of magnetic field intensity and apparent magnetic susceptibility geophysical techniques undertaken with a more refined survey methodology to afford a noninvasive, culturally appropriate means through which to detect Indigenous burials. This approach may prove particularly useful in areas with disturbed stratigraphy where ground‐penetrating radar is less effective. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

黔西北地区铅锌（铁）矿物探综合方法找矿技术路线图

根据黔西北地区铅锌（铁）矿,基于地球物理场中的物性响应特征及固有物理性质,及矿床分布与物探异常的空间关系,建议今后黔西北地区物探找矿工作,要大力提倡综合方法找矿,围绕①以区域重磁资料为基础背景研究平台-建立找矿靶区,②以开展1∶5万地面高精度磁测扫面为常规研究手段-确定找矿选区,③以1∶1万或1∶5千及更大比例尺的重磁...     

庐枞地区1:5万综合物化探调查的初步应用

庐江—枞阳地区是长江中、下游铁铜成矿带的重要组成部分,近年来开展了1:5万综合物化探调查,提供了丰富的地质信息,为普查找矿提供了重要的线索。本文侧重介绍该区综合物化探调查在解决基础地质问题方面的应用。     

综合物化探方法在地质找矿“攻深找盲”中的应用

物化探找矿方法面临着新形势下复杂地质条件中找矿的新挑战,单一物化探分析方法很难具有说服力,综合各种地质信息和勘探方法显得尤为重要。笔者结合河南省某矿床的找矿实践,介绍了高精度磁测、X荧光土壤分析和EH4测深等物化探综合分析方法,在工作区内发现了与成矿有关的物化探异常,经查证与地表地质现象吻合较好,说明该综合物化探评价技术方法在该矿床的应用是成功的,显示了其快速、高效和精准的特点。     

探测未爆炸弹的地球物理技术综述

采用综合地球物理勘查技术探测未爆炸弹(UXO)具有快速、定位准确和成本低廉的优势.综述了国内外广泛应用的地面高精度磁测法、电磁法以及地质雷达和微重力法在探测UXO中的特点和效果,介绍了国外航空磁测法及航空电磁法探测UXO的进展,并根据某些探测实例阐述了在具体实施过程中应注意的技术问题;提出了适合中国UXO探测的一些措施和建议.     

物探方法技术在吉林省铁矿勘查中的应用

通过对吉林省的(重磁)物探工作程度、发现的重磁异常数、异常查证情况、发现的铁矿产地数和应用物探方法发现的典型矿床的情况介绍,推荐对现有低缓异常的评价方法——精细反演方法、多种方法技术有效组合、数据综合处理技术,倡导在勘查矿区大力加强井中物探和深部地球物理(攻深找盲)方法技术,从而希望对评价深部资源或在盖层区寻找隐伏矿床能够起到抛砖引玉的作用。     

伊通盆地西北缘断裂带的性质

以往对伊通盆地西北缘的断裂性质问题认识不清,严重制约了该地区的油气勘探工作。综合利用钻井、露头岩心及地球物理资料,确立了伊通盆地西北缘断裂带在古近纪右行走滑伸展之后、新近纪以来为挤压性质,并发育一系列逆断层及相关褶皱等构造。存在挤压作用的主要依据有以下4点：（1）在靠近西北缘边界的探井岩心中,地层大幅度倾斜或近于直立;（2）盆地西北缘露头出现大量挤压形成的褶皱构造;（3）盆地西北缘地震剖面上普遍存在逆冲构造和花状构造特征;（4）重、磁、电资料也表明盆地西北缘存在挤压现象。勘探证实,伊通盆地西北缘断裂带的挤压性质及伴生构造特征有利于油气的运聚和成藏。该认识有力地指导了伊通盆地的油气勘探,同时也对整个郯庐断裂带东北段的油气勘探战略具指导意义。     

福建东洋地区地球物理场特征

为了研究东洋地区深部地质结构,在福建东洋地区开展了综合地球物理勘查,对福建东洋地区地球物理场进行了分析,结合已有的地质资料,分析研究了区域地球物理场特征及区域深部地质结构特征.研究认为:福建东洋地区位于巨型环形构造外环带西南部,研究区处在东部沿海磁场剧烈变化带和西部内陆磁场相对平缓带的过渡区域,区域航磁ΔT异常以北东向条带状异常带为主,区内分布有2处剩余重力异常高;地球物理综合剖面范围被两条北西向深大断裂分割为3部分,结合区域地质特征,推断区域南部的浅层是一套推覆无根的变质岩系高阻体,深部为一套以中生代沉积岩石为主的低阻体,区域北部浅部主要为中生代沉积岩夹薄层火山岩组成的低阻体,深部为下古生代和元古界基底岩系共同反应的高阻体,区域中部是火山岩主要发育区.      

湘南四个金属矿田的区域重磁异常特征

湘南位于南岭构造带中段偏北地区,区内地层较齐全,岩浆岩活动频繁,褶皱、断裂发育,矿产十分丰富,大型—特大型内生多金属矿田比较集中,为华南重要的找矿远景区之一。     

Geophysical identification of unmarked historic graves

Down‐hole magnetic susceptibility techniques were explored as a means of improving near‐surface geophysical surveys in historic grave detection. These techniques were used to document distinctive magnetic characteristics of grave shafts at three historic cemeteries first surveyed using various near‐surface geophysical methods. Tests revealed a low magnetic susceptibility signature that soil magnetic studies indicated was largely related to differential soil compaction associated with the excavation and refilling of grave shafts. Most apparent at depths beyond those reached by soil penetrometers, this magnetic signature offers a way to assess anomalies identified by near‐surface techniques that potentially represent graves. At one cemetery, magnetic studies of the interments themselves suggested spatially patterned, magnetically enhanced zones that might also aid in burial identification in certain contexts. While down‐hole techniques will not be foolproof, they do provide another geophysical tool that can be used to improve grave detection. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

工程物探方法在地质灾害评估中的应用

利用工程物探方法对济南市历城区全民健身中心建设项目铁矿采空区进行了勘查工作,结果表明物探电阻率测深法勘查工作,对铁矿采空区反映效果明显,结合磁测资料与现场调查访问,推测出评估区内的2处隐伏采空区影响范围基本与事实一致。     

用综合方法研究中国东部深部构造

<正> 近年来在我国获得大量的地质、地球物理和地球化学等资料的基础上,特别是将地表地质构造的研究与深部地质构造和新构造运动的研究结合起来,更加深和丰富了对大地构造的认识。 1957年,地质部航测大队首次在我国东部发现了郯城—庐江深大断裂带。同时,大量的地球物理工作,为我国早期油田的勘探与开发提供了地质构造的依据。六十至七十年代,利用人工地震研究地壳和上地幔的结构,提出了部分地区的详细地壳模型和地壳厚度。在我国某些地区开始了古地磁学的研究。     

浑河断裂地球物理场特征及地震活动性

浑河断裂是辽宁省内一条重要的北东向地震构造带,断裂两侧的地球物理重磁场存在差异。通过浑河断裂的区域重力场与磁场研究,认为浑河断裂既控制了深、浅部岩石地层的发育,同时浑河断裂的重力场、磁场分布随着深、浅部地层岩性发育的差异而有所变化。浑河断裂的重力场和磁场梯度带主要位于抚顺以西至沈阳一带,浑河断裂历史以来有记录的最大破坏性地震位于重力梯度变化较大的沈阳段。综合浑河断裂地球物理场特征及区域地质资料,浑河断裂虽然活动性一般,但抚顺地区的采煤活动对断裂的活动性有一定影响。近些年抚顺地区频发的沉降、滑坡和地裂缝等地质灾害应当引起对浑河断裂活动性研究的重视。     

瓦南矿区钒钛磁铁矿重力、可控源综合勘查应用效果

瓦南基性-超基性岩型钒钛磁铁矿具有高磁高密低阻特性,具备开展物探勘查的前提。在地面磁测圈定的磁异常部位开展了重力、可控源音频大地电磁(CSAMT)综合剖面勘查,结合成矿规律研究成果进行了联合解译,推断了深部隐伏矿体的位置。在综合物探异常部位钻探发现了厚度40m以上的钒钛磁铁矿体,取得了良好的找矿效果。