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Detection of Depth and Location of Subsurface Utilities Using Smart Phone Magnetic Application: A Case Study at Assiut University, Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Geology

Abstract

Magnetic method is one of the most effective geophysical techniques that have extensive applications and capable of providing very valuable information of the subsurface. This study presents the application of mobile's magnetic sensor (Physics toolbox magnetometer) upon the study area located at faculty of science, Assiut university. The main objective of our study is to investigate the efficiency and capability of the smart phone application to map the depth and location of the near surface magnetic features (e.g., utilities) at the study site. The magnetic data was collected along 27 profiles with line spacing 0.5m and station interval 0.5m and the collected data was processed using the Geosoft Oasis Montaj software. The total magnetic intensity (TMI) map was produced, local and deep magnetic sources were separated using high and low pass filters of Butterworth. Depth to near surface magnetic features (e.g., pipelines) was estimated using the radial average power spectrum technique (RAPS), source power spectrum technique and the Euler 3D deconvolution (E3D) method. The high pass filtered map showed high magnetic anomalies with linear shape that may represent the location of the subsurface pipelines. The RAPS technique revealed that the average depth to shallow and deep magnetic sources is about 0.10 m and 0.50 m, respectively, while the source power imaging and E3D technique showed that the utilities depths ranged from 0.11 m to 0.38 m. The results collected with the smart phone application was capable to map with a greater extent the subsurface geometry and depths of the pipelines.

DOI

10.21608/aunj.2022.139175.1015

Keywords

Magnetic, Smartphone application, Utilities, Assiut University

Authors

First Name

mostafa

Last Name

eraky

MiddleName

mahmoud

Affiliation

Msc student, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

maeraky@atonresources.com

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Abdelaal

MiddleName

Zidan

Affiliation

Professor of Geophysics, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.

Email

zidan@aun.adu.eg

City

Assiut

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First Name

Assem

Last Name

El-Haddad

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Professor of Geophysics, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.

Email

assemelhaddad@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

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1

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1

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36161

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2022-05-24

Publish Date

2022-08-01

Page Start

175

Page End

190

Print ISSN

2812-5029

Online ISSN

2812-5037

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https://aunj.journals.ekb.eg/article_254586.html

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Assiut University Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research

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https://aunj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Detection of Depth and Location of Subsurface Utilities Using Smart Phone Magnetic Application: A Case Study at Assiut University, Egypt

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23 Jan 2023