Optimizing Semi-Airborne Electromagnetic Survey Design for Mineral Exploration

As semi-airborne mineral exploration has a limited budget, it is critical to design experimental procedures that generate data maximize desired information. We investigated the effects of transmitter–receiver geometries for variety anomalies and layouts. Our simulations indicated flight line spacing 200 m point distance 100 provides optimal trade-off between coverage survey progress various targets. Based on target size transmitter target, length should be at least equal target. However, where more than 1 km, two or three times size. Of similar importance are location direction cables, which can have significant impact result inversion parallel strike. By using one transmitter, better results obtained. If strike known, transmitters each other, if not, use perpendicular transmitters. The this study showed 3 km. even possible recover targets just below in corresponding areas masked data.