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  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,220 Views
16 Pages

Detection of Mineralization Zones Using Aeromagnetic Data

  • Ahmed Mohamed,
  • Mohamed Abdelrady,
  • Fahad Alshehri,
  • Mohammed Atef Mohammed and
  • Ahmed Abdelrady

9 September 2022

Every day, mining corporations grow and develop over Egypt’s Eastern Desert in search of gold, silver, and other metals. Mineral resources in Egypt are a powerful tool for increasing national income. In this study, we are interested in mineral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,150 Views
18 Pages

28 November 2022

Aeromagnetic gradient data have higher horizontal resolution on shallow sources, a magnetic anomaly that can better reflect the features of deeper sources. Therefore, we used a joint survey of aeromagnetic and gradient data to obtain the distribution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,179 Views
31 Pages

Evaluation of Geogenic Enrichment Using Satellite, Geochemical, and Aeromagnetic Data in the Central Anti-Atlas (Morocco): Implications for Soil Enrichment

  • Mouna Id-Belqas,
  • Said Boutaleb,
  • Fatima Zahra Echogdali,
  • Mustapha Ikirri,
  • Hasna El Ayady and
  • Mohamed Abioui

25 September 2025

Natural geogenic effects lead to alterations in soil heavy metal concentrations. This study assesses the presence of elevated trace-element concentrations in the Oued Irriri watershed in southeastern Morocco. ASTER satellite imagery, geochemical, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,672 Views
33 Pages

Integrating Remote Sensing and Aeromagnetic Data for Enhanced Geological Mapping at Wadi Sibrit-Urf Abu Hamam District, Southern Part of Nubian Shield

  • Hatem M. El-Desoky,
  • Waheed H. Mohamed,
  • Ali Shebl,
  • Wael Fahmy,
  • Anas M. El-Sherif,
  • Ahmed M. Abdel-Rahman,
  • Hamed I. Mira,
  • Mahmoud M. El-Rahmany,
  • Fahad Alshehri and
  • Hamada El-Awny
  • + 1 author

18 June 2025

The present study aims to characterize complex geological structures and significant mineralization using remote sensing and aeromagnetic studies. Structural lineaments play a crucial role in the localization and concentration of mineral deposits. Fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,190 Views
19 Pages

10 October 2022

We propose a processing workflow to enhance the information content of aeromagnetic data. Our workflow is based on the downward continuation and subsequent L-transform of magnetic data. This workflow returns a map showing single highs, which correspo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,351 Views
23 Pages

Occurrence Characteristics of Lead–Zinc Mine and Low-Flying Aeromagnetic Prospecting in a Forested Region of Yichun City

  • Naixuan Ji,
  • Xiaoxiao Qin,
  • Heyu Wu,
  • Zi Wang,
  • Wei Du,
  • Yun Liu,
  • Tiehan Zhang,
  • Shengze Zhang and
  • Qiaomu Shi

6 November 2023

Understanding the characteristics of lead–zinc mine occurrences and mastering effective investigative techniques are paramount in modern ore prospecting. This research focuses on the forested region of Yichun city in China, with a specific emph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,619 Views
17 Pages

26 January 2022

The aeromagnetic survey is a common remote sensing tool for detecting iron deposits. The local wavenumber of a magnetic anomaly is used to interpret the edges or positions of the sources, and can involve first- or second-order local wavenumbers. In t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,823 Views
19 Pages

23 March 2021

In the Qihe area, the magnetic anomalies caused by deep and concealed magnetite are weak and compared with ground surveys, airborne surveys further weaken the signals. Moreover, the magnetite in the Qihe area belongs to a contact-metasomatic deposit,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,830 Views
13 Pages

The present study was designed to give a clear and comprehensive understanding of the structural situation in the Sohag region and surrounding area by applying several edge detectors to aeromagnetic data. In this research, the International Geomagnet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,820 Views
25 Pages

31 May 2021

Across the Luconia continental shelf, the nature and structures of the crust are lacking geological understanding and precise characterization. Newly acquired, aeromagnetic, and airborne gravity data were used to assess deep and shallow sub-surface s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,724 Views
14 Pages

Targeting Paleovalley-Related Ferricrete Units in Yilgarn Craton Using High-Resolution Aeromagnetic Data and Spatial Machine Learning

  • Hassan Talebi,
  • Jelena Markov,
  • Walid Salama,
  • Alex Otto,
  • Vasek Metelka,
  • Ravi Anand and
  • Dave Cole

13 July 2022

The ferricrete units (Fe oxide cemented colluvial-alluvial sediment) of the Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia formed during the humid tropical and sub-tropical climates of the Cenozoic. Ferricretes are generally developed on long-lived paleodrainag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,824 Views
24 Pages

Semi-Automatic Image Processing System of Aeromagnetic Data for Structural and Mining Investigations (Case of Bou Azzer Inlier, Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

  • Ayoub Soulaimani,
  • Saïd Chakiri,
  • Saâd Soulaimani,
  • Ahmed Manar,
  • Zohra Bejjaji,
  • Abdelhalim Miftah,
  • Mohammed Amine Zerdeb,
  • Yaacoub Zidane,
  • Mustapha Boualoul and
  • Anselme Muzirafuti

7 November 2022

Numerical analysis of geophysical data to uncover Precambrian belts and probably to enclose mineral deposits is becoming once more communal in mining activity. The method is founded on typifying zones branded to comprehend deposits and looking for an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
2,730 Views
15 Pages

31 August 2022

In the current study, we conducted petrographic investigation combined with aeromagnetic data in order to classify variable granitic rocks, delineate structural trends and deduce depth of the basement rocks cropping out in Homrit Waggat area, Central...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,787 Views
15 Pages

14 August 2025

The complex geology of southwestern Mexico results from prolonged interaction between the North American and Farallon plates along an active subduction zone. This process led to crustal growth via oceanic lithosphere consumption, island arc accretion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
853 Views
21 Pages

13 May 2025

The success of geological prospecting depends on the accuracy of target area prediction. Traditional qualitative research methods rooted in theoretical frameworks have shown significant limitations, especially in their inability to fully exploit the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,233 Views
21 Pages

4 September 2023

Due to its unique geographic and tectonic location, the Bou Azzer inlier has drawn increased interest in mining studies. The inlier’s basement structure remains subject to investigation meanwhile faults and igneous rocks affect the local geolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
591 Views
20 Pages

24 March 2025

Innovative magnetic techniques are pivotal for advancing mineral exploration. This study presents a self-structural constraint (SSC) method that jointly inverts aeromagnetic and gradient data to resolve high-resolution magnetic susceptibility models...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,766 Views
18 Pages

29 July 2023

Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering is an unsupervised machine learning algorithm that helps to integrate multiple geophysical datasets and provides automated objective-oriented information. This study analyzed ground-based Bouguer gravity and aeromagneti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
862 Views
17 Pages

30 April 2025

The effectiveness of geological prospecting depends on the accuracy of the prediction of the prospecting target areas. In comparison with the conventional qualitative method (Mineral Exploration and Development), the use of big data concepts and meth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,145 Views
13 Pages

Geological Structures Controlling Au/Ba Mineralization from Aeromagnetic Data: Harrat ad Danun Area, Saudi Arabia

  • Kamal Abdelrahman,
  • Reda Abdu Yousef El-Qassas,
  • Mohammed S. Fnais,
  • Peter Andráš and
  • Ahmed M. Eldosouky

26 June 2023

Positive and negative magnetic anomalies occupied the total aeromagnetic (TM) map of the Harrat ad Danun area, Saudi Arabia. Reduction to the pole (RTP) maps display the range of magnetic values (−312.4 to 209.4 nT) that vary in shape, size, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
570 Views
20 Pages

20 November 2025

Magnetic inversion through three-dimensional (3D) susceptibility reconstruction can effectively identify the deep extension characteristics and structural variations in faults. Therefore, the reliability of inversion results from magnetic anomaly dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,810 Views
22 Pages

Aeromagnetic Data Analysis for Sustainable Structural Mapping of the Missiakat Al Jukh Area in the Central Eastern Desert: Enhancing Resource Exploration with Minimal Environmental Impact

  • Mahmoud Elhussein,
  • Moataz Kh. Barakat,
  • Dimitrios E. Alexakis,
  • Nasir Alarifi,
  • Elsayed Said Mohamed,
  • Dmitry E. Kucher,
  • Mohamed S. Shokr and
  • Mohamed A. S. Youssef

10 October 2024

This study integrates aeromagnetic data with geological information to develop a consistent interpretation of both shallow and deep structural frameworks at various depths in the Missiakat Al Jukh area, located in the Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,225 Views
19 Pages

22 December 2022

Aeromagnetic exploration is a magnetic exploration method that detects changes of the earth’s magnetic field by loading a magnetometer on an aircraft. With the miniaturization of magnetometers and the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,993 Views
13 Pages

An Aeromagnetic Compensation Algorithm Based on a Residual Neural Network

  • Ping Yu,
  • Fengyi Bi,
  • Jian Jiao,
  • Xiao Zhao,
  • Shuai Zhou and
  • Zhenning Su

24 October 2022

Aeromagnetic compensation is a crucial step in the processing of aeromagnetic data. The aeromagnetic compensation method based on the linear regression model has poorer fitting capacity than the neural network aeromagnetic compensation algorithm. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,951 Views
18 Pages

An Adaptive Modeling-Based Aeromagnetic Maneuver Noise Suppression Method and Its Application in Mine Detection

  • Fengyi Bi,
  • Ping Yu,
  • Jian Jiao,
  • Longran Zhou,
  • Xiangcheng Zeng and
  • Shuai Zhou

18 September 2023

Aeromagnetic measurement plays an important role in mineral exploration, but unmanned aerial vehicles generate maneuvering noise during aerial flight, which negatively impacts the accuracy of aeromagnetic measurement data. Therefore, aeromagnetic com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
679 Views
21 Pages

9 November 2025

In geophysics, aeromagnetic surveying based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is a widely employed exploration technique, that can analyze underground structures by conducting data acquisition, processing, and inversion. This method is highly efficie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,065 Views
13 Pages

22 June 2021

We present our aeromagnetic survey results from an investigation of the iron ore mineral distribution in Pocheon, Korea, in the west-central area of the Korean Peninsula. A manned aeromagnetic system using a helicopter for regional exploration and an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,369 Views
12 Pages

Study on the Aeromagnetic System between Fixed-Wing UAV and Unmanned Helicopter

  • Yong-Zai Xi,
  • Gui-Xiang Liao,
  • Ning Lu,
  • Yong-Bo Li and
  • Shan Wu

20 May 2023

Based on the CH-3 and WH-110A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms, we independently developed aeromagnetic systems for fixed-wing UAVs (FUAV) and modified unmanned helicopters (MUH), respectively. These systems overcome key technological challeng...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,594 Views
26 Pages

Occurrence Characteristics of Magnetite and Aeromagnetic Prospecting Northeast of Hebei Province

  • Yan-Xu Liu,
  • Wen-Yong Li,
  • Zhi-Yuan Liu,
  • Jia-Wei Zhao,
  • An-Qi Cao,
  • Shan Gao,
  • Li-Jie Wang and
  • Cheng Yang

14 September 2022

The occurrence characteristics of magnetite and the methods to quickly and effectively explore are important topics for ore prospecting in the new era. Taking northeast of Hebei Province of China as an example, this article aimed at an important stra...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,985 Views
16 Pages

9 November 2023

Airborne geophysical surveys serve as an effective tool for litho-structural mapping, providing extensive and high-resolution underground information. They offer vital data support for the interpretation and analysis of lithologies and structures, co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,743 Views
17 Pages

20 April 2023

Eliminating the magnetic interference of the carrier platform is an important technical link and plays a vital role in aeromagnetic survey. The traditional compensation method is based on the Tolles–Lawson (T-L) model and establishes the linear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,370 Views
16 Pages

An Improved Aeromagnetic Compensation Method Robust to Geomagnetic Gradient

  • Yongqiang Feng,
  • Qimao Zhang,
  • Yaoxin Zheng,
  • Xiaodong Qu,
  • Fang Wu and
  • Guangyou Fang

29 January 2022

Aeromagnetic surveys play an important role in many fields, for example, archaeology, anti-submarine warfare, and geophysical exploration. Being in the geomagnetic field, the aircraft generates a great deal of magnetic interference, resulting in bad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
907 Views
19 Pages

16 September 2025

Quadrotor UAV-based aeromagnetic survey for mineral exploration has become a crucial solution in modern airborne geophysics due to its prominent advantages of cost-effectiveness and high efficiency. During the detection process, the magnetic anomaly...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,063 Views
16 Pages

Pre-Archaeological Investigation by Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aeromagnetic Surveys and Soil Analyses

  • Wei Cao,
  • Hao Qing,
  • Xing Xu,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Silin Chen,
  • Yi Zhong,
  • Jiabo Liu,
  • Yuanjie Li,
  • Xiaodong Jiang and
  • Qingsong Liu
  • + 2 authors

6 September 2022

Magnetic surveys have been widely used in archaeological field investigations. However, conventional survey methods are often restricted by complicated field conditions and ambiguities in data interpretation. In this study, a novel magnetic survey sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,729 Views
17 Pages

Aeromagnetic data coupled with Landsat ETM+ data and SRTM DEM have been processed in order to map regional hydrogeological structures in the basement complex region of Paiko, North Central Nigeria. Lineaments were extracted from derivative maps of ae...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,821 Views
19 Pages

30 September 2022

The growing need for an industrialized world, especially in Africa, cannot be feasible without adequate mineral resources. Thus, the search for more mineral deposits will continue to be necessary. An integrated approach involving geological mapping a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,325 Views
18 Pages

13 February 2020

The exploration of deep mineral resources is an important prerequisite for meeting the continuous demand of resources. The geophysical method is one of the most effective means of exploring the deep mineral resources with a large depth and a high res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,778 Views
18 Pages

A Data-Driven OBE Magnetic Interference Compensation Method

  • Yizhen Wang,
  • Qi Han,
  • Dechen Zhan and
  • Qiong Li

12 October 2022

Aeromagnetic compensation is a technology used to reduce aircraft magnetic interference, which plays an important role in aeromagnetic surveys. In addition to maneuvering interferences, the onboard electronic (OBE) interference has been proven to be...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,862 Views
22 Pages

Using Airborne Geophysical and Geochemical Methods to Map Structures and Their Related Gold Mineralization

  • Amr Abd El-Raouf,
  • Fikret Doğru,
  • Kamal Abdelrahman,
  • Mohammed S. Fnais,
  • Ahmed El Manharawy and
  • Omar Amer

7 February 2023

Egypt’s mineral resources are an effective means of raising the country’s income. Consequently, searching for deep subsurface ore deposits is essential. In this study, we map the subsurface structure and the occurrence of related gold-ore...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,959 Views
15 Pages

13 June 2022

The Hetaoping ore district in Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, is one of the major localities of Pb-Zn polymetallic skarn deposits in China, where geophysical and geochemical surveys play an important role in exploring Pb-Zn polymetallic mineral resour...

  • Article
  • Open Access
629 Views
17 Pages

A Recursive Truncated Taylor Expansion Downward Continuation Method for Geomagnetic Field

  • Ke Wan,
  • Haibin Li,
  • Xu Liu,
  • Zhongyan Liu,
  • Yujing Xu,
  • Yujie Xiang,
  • Zengquan Ding,
  • Weiji Dai,
  • Xinrong He and
  • Qi Zhang

13 August 2025

In aeromagnetic detection and geomagnetic navigation, the reference geomagnetic maps usually need to be continued to different altitudes. Traditionally, the geomagnetic field upward continuation is stable. Nevertheless, the downward continuation is i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,543 Views
22 Pages

Unearthing Egypt’s Golden Legacy: Geophysical Insights and New Opportunities in the Central Eastern Desert

  • Adel Kotb,
  • Gaber M. Gaber,
  • Hassan Alzahrani,
  • Abdurraouf Okok,
  • Mohammed H. Abd Elkhaliq and
  • Alhussein Adham Basheer

31 July 2024

Gold mining in Egypt’s Central Eastern Desert (ECED) has a rich history dating back to the Old Kingdom period. In recent years, there has been renewed interest from international mining companies, and several potential areas for gold mining hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,524 Views
15 Pages

An Aeromagnetic Compensation Strategy for Large UAVs

  • Liwei Ye,
  • Zhentao Yu,
  • Yaxun Zhang,
  • Cheng Chi,
  • Pu Cheng and
  • Jie Chen

10 June 2024

Aeromagnetic surveys are widely used in geological exploration, mineral resource assessment, environmental monitoring, military reconnaissance, and other areas. It is necessary to perform magnetic compensation for interference in these fields. In rec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,288 Views
20 Pages

30 January 2025

Airborne magnetic anomaly detection is an important passive remote sensing technique. However, since the magnetic field caused by the aircraft interferes with the detection accuracy, this part of interference should be eliminated by an aeromagnetic c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,612 Views
23 Pages

Integration of Hyperspectral and Magnetic Data for Geological Characterization of the Niaqornarssuit Ultramafic Complex in West-Greenland

  • Agnieszka Kuras,
  • Björn H. Heincke,
  • Sara Salehi,
  • Christian Mielke,
  • Nicole Köllner,
  • Christian Rogass,
  • Uwe Altenberger and
  • Ingunn Burud

29 September 2022

The integration of imaging spectroscopy and aeromagnetics provides a cost-effective and promising way to extend the initial analysis of a mineral deposit. While imaging spectroscopy retrieves surface spectral information, magnetic responses are used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
463 Views
9 Pages

29 July 2025

The mining of essential minerals is often made more difficult by subsurface geological structures such as dykes and contacts. The a priori knowledge of these features can greatly mitigate the problems that they would otherwise cause. For that reason,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,337 Views
23 Pages

17 December 2022

Analyzing and fusing information layers of exploratory parameters is a crucial stride for increasing the accuracy of pinpointing mineral potential zones in the reconnaissance stage of mineral exploration. Remote sensing, geophysical, geochemical, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,213 Views
8 Pages

10 April 2024

Mineral exploration projects can make considerable use of a variety of geophysical techniques and datasets, including magnetic and gravity data. The interpretation of large quantities of data can be very time consuming, so semi-automatic interpretati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
915 Views
19 Pages

Application of High-Precision Magnetic Measurement in the Exploration of Deep Fluorite Deposits in Ore Concentrations

  • Zhuo Zhang,
  • Yao Dong,
  • Xin Du,
  • Kun Qi,
  • Yuanyuan Xia,
  • Fengyu Sun and
  • Guanghui Li

27 March 2025

The Heyu ore-concentrated area in western Henan, situated within the East Qinling metallogenic belt, represents a strategic fluorite resource base currently confronting severe challenges of reserve depletion. Given this critical status, this study fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,593 Views
18 Pages

11 September 2025

The 2021 eruption of the Tajogaite volcano (La Palma, Canary Islands) provided a unique opportunity to investigate the early post-eruptive magnetic structure of a newly formed volcanic edifice. Understanding these structures is essential for improvin...

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