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Time Frame |
Content Breakdown |
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Session 1 (Week 1) |
The basic elements of the geomagnetic field - Geodynamo theory of the creation of the geomagnetic field – diurnal and secular variations of the geomagnetic field. |
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Session 2 (Week 2) |
Magnetization susceptibility - Magnetic permeability - Magnetic Anisotropy- Magnetic properties of rocks and minerals. |
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Session 3 (Week 3) |
Induced and remanent magnetization - Types of remanent magnetization - Konigsberg’s ratio and its benefits. |
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Session 4 (Week 4) |
Magnetic anomalies - Derivation of magnetic anomalies from magnetic components H, F, Z - The difference between the total magnetic field F and the magnetic induction B. |
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Session 5 (Week 5) |
The magnetic response of a monopole and a dipole bodies and a comparison between them in terms of the resulting magnetic anomaly properties. |
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Session 6 (Week 6) |
The mathematical derivation of the magnetic dipole - the mathematical derivation of the Poisson equation. |
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Session 7 (Week 7) |
First Midterm Exam |
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Session 8 (Week 8) |
The mathematical derivation of magnetic anomalies equations for simple magnetic bodies using the Poisson equation: Sphere - horizontal cylinder - vertical cylinder - finite horizontal layer - infinitely extended horizontal layer …..etc. |
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Session 9 (Week 9) |
Definition of magnetic survey - Types of magnetic surveys - Design of magnetic survey – procedures of magnetic data acquisition in the field |
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Session 10 (Week 10) |
Signal and Noise - Types of Noise – Modes for measuring the magnetic field in the field - Correction of magnetic data - Display of magnetic data.
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Session 11 (Week 11) |
Qualitative Interpretation of Magnetic Data - Regional and Residual Magnetic Field - Graphical and Analytical Methods for Separating the Regional from Residual Magnetic Field. |
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Session 12 (Week 12) & Session 13 (Week 13) |
Semi-quantitative interpretation - Anderson's method - The second derivative Method and continuation of the magnetic field up and down - Quantitative interpretation - Estimating Depth of magnetic bodies of simple shapes - Method of maximum slope and a half slope (Peter) - and other methods |
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Session 14 (Week 14) |
Magnetic modeling - Forward and Inverse Modeling - The phenomenon of Non uniqueness. |