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Chapter 10: General survey principles and typical survey
operation:
A.
There are three general areas of running a Geode EM3D survey. Planning, laying out the
survey line(s), and data acquisition. It is important to note the following: On starting a
survey line the first Ex electrode should be positive side of the dipole. For example if E-
channel “1” is used for Ey1 and E-channel “2” is used for Ex1, the first electrode in the
line should be connected to the red (positive) terminal of channel “2”.
B.
Care and maintenance of the components
a.
Electrodes: Non-buffered porous-pot electrodes are recommended for the telluric
(E-field) channels. Caution should be taken in the proper preparation and
maintenance of the porous pots. For example, if copper-copper sulfate non-
polarizing electrodes are used the solution must be kept saturated, meaning there
should be undissolved CuSO4 crystals in the solution.
b.
Electrode dipole cables: If electrode cables are left out overnight they may be eaten
by rodents causing shorting of the cables to ground.
c.
Coils: The coils do not need recalibration
d.
Coil cables: proper cable handling procedures are the responsibility of the field
crew
e.
Ethernet cables: proper cable handling procedures are the responsibility of the field
crew.
f.
GPS
C.
Troubleshooting hints
D.
Fundamental theory of CSAMT operation: Provide basic theory of CSAMT and list of
available reference papers and books.