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Guidelines for Low-altitude Aeromagnetic Surveys (Russian Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, 2018) - the Main Points and the Authors' Comments
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, GeoBaikal 2018, Aug 2018, Volume 2018, p.1 - 7
Abstract
Summary
At present, in the Russian Federation, the normative base for performing magnetic prospecting is the «USSR Magnetic Survey Instruction Manual, 1981». This document played and plays the major role in methodical maintenance and unification of results of magnetic surveys. However, with the technological progress, there are innovations that significantly change the practice of magnetic prospecting. One such innovation is the robotic magnetometric systems based on light highly maneuverable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which significantly increased the efficiency of magnetic surveys, especially in complex landscape-morphological conditions. The methodic of such variant of the magnetic prospecting can differ substantially from the traditional methodic of ground and aeromagnetic surveys. It is not regulated by the USSR Instruction, 1981, which makes it difficult to use unmanned geological exploration methods in Russia, and determined the need to develop an appropriate normative document. In this regard, in 2018, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use prepared and approved the “Guidelines for low-altitude aeromagnetic surveys,” which supplement the classical “Instruction .., 1981” and establish the basic requirements for the produce and quality control of magnetic surveys with UAVs. «Guidelines» summarize the current level of practice and the latest achievements of research in the field of unmanned aerogeophysics and technologies providing it. In this paper, the authors of the «Guidelines» discuss its main theses.
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