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Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet

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Suppose the spatial wave length of the anomaly is large in'com-<br />

-1.<br />

parison to the deepest point of penetration z . Then the approxi-<br />

mate field line equation<br />

can be used wi-th the requirement tha-t zo is equal to or larger<br />

than c/k. The mean amplitude of the field line oscillations is<br />

readily expressed now in terrns of. the amplitude of the observed<br />

surface anomaly as given by the factor c, namely<br />

If, for example, a moderate anomaly has the ampli.tudd cr0.25 and<br />

a wave length of 628 km, the mean amplitude of the field line'<br />

oscil.lations are given by (zo+'100)/4km, zo? 25 km. Using z =30 km<br />

0<br />

gives a mean ainplitude of 33 km and'the field line oscill.ates<br />

between 4 km and 70 km, This numerical example demonstrates that<br />

even minor ano~nalies require rather large undula-tions in the depth<br />

of a perfect substitute conductor.<br />

'Multi-frequency - - interpretation buocal. ir~duc$ion in isolated<br />

bodies<br />

Most geomagnetic induction anomalies arise from a local rearrange-<br />

ment of large-scale induced currents, In some cases, however, it<br />

may be justified to assume that the source of the anomaly is a<br />

conducting body which is isolated by non-conducting mat-ter from<br />

the large-scale curcent systems. Such a body can be, fop instance,<br />

a crustal lense of high conductivity within the normal1.y highly<br />

resistive crust.<br />

The direc-t - problem: Consider a body of (variable) conductivity<br />

between z=zl and z= 2. ' The sui7roundi.ng matter. at the same depth is<br />

effectively non-conducting at the considered frequency, i,e, large-<br />

scale induced curren-ts which flow in the normal structure above and

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