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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,213 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
6 Citations
3,324 Views
18 Pages

Development of a Hybrid Fixed-Wing UAV Aeromagnetic Survey System and an Application Study in Chating Deposit

  • Ning Lu,
  • Yongzai Xi,
  • Hongshan Zheng,
  • Weidong Gao,
  • Yongbo Li,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Zhiqiang Cui,
  • Guixiang Liao and
  • Junjie Liu

16 August 2023

In recent years, the development of airborne magnetic survey technology based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been rapidly advancing. The commonly used systems are the fixed-wing UAV-based, multi-rotors UAV-based, and unmanned helicopters-base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,588 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
4 Citations
3,630 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
2,655 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
25 Citations
5,878 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
510 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...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,931 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
  • Dalun Gao
  • + 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
18 Citations
4,926 Views
14 Pages

A Novel Strategy for Improving the Aeromagnetic Compensation Performance of Helicopters

  • Luzhao Chen,
  • Peilin Wu,
  • Wanhua Zhu,
  • Yongqiang Feng and
  • Guangyou Fang

6 June 2018

An aeromagnetic survey is an important method in magnetic anomaly detection and geophysical prospecting. The magnetic field is typically measured by optically pumped magnetometers (OPM) installed on the aircraft. The measurement accuracy of the OPM i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
854 Views
19 Pages

Intelligent Dynamic-Enhanced Compensation for UAV Magnetic Interference

  • Zizhou Chen,
  • Zhentao Yu,
  • Cong Liu,
  • Guozheng Wu,
  • Jianwei Li,
  • Dan Wang,
  • Ye Wang and
  • Yaxun Zhang

14 August 2025

Magnetic interference compensation is critical for enhancing the accuracy of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) magnetic anomaly detection. To address the constrained compensation performance of the conventional Tolles-Lawson (T-L) model, which stems from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,322 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 Citations
2,282 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
800 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
6 Citations
3,649 Views
13 Pages

Compensation Method for Diurnal Variation in Three-Component Magnetic Survey

  • Quanming Gao,
  • Defu Cheng,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Supeng Li,
  • Mingchao Wang,
  • Liangguang Yue and
  • Jing Zhao

3 February 2020

Considering that diurnal variation interferes with three-component magnetic surveys, which inevitably affects survey accuracy, exploring an interference compensation method of high-precision is particularly desirable. In this paper, a compensation me...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,743 Views
14 Pages

24 August 2022

With the rapid development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technology, using UAVs for magnetic surveys is a booming branch. However, the magnetic interference generated by the UAV hinders the further application of UAV magnetic survey systems. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,423 Views
20 Pages

4 January 2023

The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSMs) in the interior East Antarctic Craton are entirely buried under the massive East Antarctic ice sheet, with a ~50–60 km thick crust and ~200 km thick lithosphere, but little is known of the crustal stru...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,140 Views
15 Pages

Method of Eliminating Helicopter Vibration Interference Magnetic Field with a Pair of Magnetometers

  • Yongqiang Feng,
  • Yaoxin Zheng,
  • Luzhao Chen,
  • Xiaodong Qu and
  • Guangyou Fang

16 February 2022

The low-frequency electromagnetic fields and magnetic anomalies generated by ships and other underwater platforms are widely recognized as important features for ocean target detection. Low-frequency magnetic fields and anomalies are typically measur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,495 Views
19 Pages

3 December 2024

This study investigates the application of machine learning techniques for predicting volcanic vent locations based on aeromagnetic geophysical data. Magnetic data, known to reflect subsurface geological structures, presents a valuable source of info...

  • Article
  • Open Access
929 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
13 Citations
4,703 Views
22 Pages

30 July 2021

Spatial mapping of potential geothermal areas is an effective tool for a preliminary investigation and the development of a clean and renewable energy source around the globe. Specific locations within the Earth’s crust display some manifestations of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
420 Views
20 Pages

31 October 2025

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) represents one of the largest Phanerozoic accretionary orogenic systems globally, with its easternmost segment located in Northeast China. This study integrated broadband magnetotelluric (MT) surveys, geochemica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,499 Views
20 Pages

27 May 2023

Intelligent prospecting and prediction are important research foci in the field of mineral resource exploration. To solve the problem of the performance degradation of deep convolutional neural networks, enhancing the attention to target information...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,494 Views
19 Pages

3D Geophysical Predictive Modeling by Spectral Feature Subset Selection in Mineral Exploration

  • Bahman Abbassi,
  • Li-Zhen Cheng,
  • Michel Jébrak and
  • Daniel Lemire

14 October 2022

Several technical challenges are related to data collection, inverse modeling, model fusion, and integrated interpretations in the exploration of geophysics. A fundamental problem in integrated geophysical interpretation is the proper geological unde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,809 Views
17 Pages

15 September 2023

UAVs represent a tremendous opportunity to perform geophysical and repeated experiments, particularly in volcanic contexts. Their ability to be deployed rapidly and fly at various altitudes and the fact that they are easy to operate despite complex f...