Surface Interpretation Based on Total Magnetic Anomaly Data in

BUPERTA, Cibubur
Lina Fazriyanti
FST Physics

Physics Study Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University
Jakarta, Jalan. Ir. H. Djuanda No.95, Cempaka Putih, Ciputat, South Tangerang City, Banten 15412,
Indonesia

†
01novemberlina@gmail.com

Abstract. Magnetic field anomaly in the geomagnetic survey is a variation of the uneven distribution of
objects that have different magnetic properties of rock or materials. Magnetic field data acquisition of
Proton Precission Magnetometer (PPM) GEM System equipment with 5 paths and 10 points. To get the
total magnetic field anomaly carried out the initial processing through diurnal correction and IGRF
(International Geomagnetic Reference Field) advanced processing by reducing polar transformation using
Oasis Montaj and Surfer 13. Based on the quantitative interpretation results obtained the range of total
magnetic field anomaly values in the study area is -70 nT up to 130 nT.

Keywords: Magnetic field anomaly, oasis montaj, reduction to pole, surfer 13

PRELIMINARY

Campgrounds and scout tours Cibubur (BUPERTA Cibubur) is an area of 210 hectares,
geographically located at 1060 49 '35' ’East Longitude and 060 10’ 37 ’South Latitude. In
accordance with its administrative area, this area is located in Cibubur Village, Ciracas District,
and East Jakarta City. Based on observations of plant species in BUPERTA Cibubur there are 57
types of vegetation with a composition of 47 species of plants, 2 types of bamboo and 8 types of
ornamental plants, shrubs, and reeds, with high low, sloping and hilly topographical topography
so this place is designated as a campsite.
BUPERTA is a large area, far from the noise and disturbance of wild animals and minimal
risk, so this area is a suitable location to look for prospect areas of research. This study aims to
determine the depth, subsurface structure of the earth significantly and determine the magnetic
anomaly value of the study area. So that geophysical investigation is needed which in this study
uses the geomagnetic method. The principle of this method is based on the variation in the
susceptibility distribution of material beneath the surface of the earth.
Measured variations are called magnetic anomalies. This magnetic anomaly is used as the
basis for estimating the geological conditions of the survey area. Based on the geological map in
the BUPERTA area, the hypothesis is that the distribution of the alluvium layer dominates the
area. In this study limited by the research area, namely BUPERTA, Cibubur and the method used
is the geomagnetic method and the geomagnetic data used are primary data with a total of 50
retrieval data.

GEOMAGNETIC

The geomagnetic method is a geomagnetic survey to investigate the geology of the

subsurface of the earth on the basis of anomalies in the earth's magnetic field resulting from the
underlying magnetic properties of rocks [Philip Kearey et.al., 2002]. Geomagnetic research is an
easy and inexpensive measurement, in this study it can diagnose mineral structures and regional
structures [Telford et. Al., 1990].
 In the surrounding bar magnet magnetic flux flows from one end of the magnet to the other
end of the magnet [Figure 2.1]. This flux can be described from the direction assumed by a small
compass needle. The point inside the magnet where the convergent flux is known as the magnetic
pole. The freely positioned rod magnet is also parallel in the flux of the earth's magnetic field.
The pole of the magnet which tends to point towards the north pole of the earth is called the
positive north pole, while the south pole of the earth is called the negative pole [Philip Kearey
et.al., 2002].

FIGURE 1. Magnetic Flux Covering Magnet Rods [Philip Kearey et.al.,2002]

The basis of the geomagnetic method is Coulomb force which occurs when there are two
magnetic poles p1 and p2 (emu) which are separated by distance r (cm) with µ is the permeability
of the magnetic medium (for vacuum µ = 1), then the magnetic force equation is expressed as the
following [Telford et. al., 1990]:
p1 p2
𝐹= ȓ (1)
µ 𝑟2

The geomagnetic survey method is based on the measurement of magnetic field intensity
which is useful for obtaining a magnetic anomaly spreading map around the study area. So that
the data obtained the location of latitude position, longitude position and magnetic field intensity
in the study area.
The anomaly magnetic field can be obtained through the following equation:

∆H = Hobs – HIGRF ± Hvh (2)

where ∆H = anomaly magnetic field, Hobs = observation magnetic field, HIGRF = earth’s main
magnetic field, and Hvh = daily variation.
For the total magnetic field can be obtained through the following equation [Philip Kearey
et.al.,2002] :

B = µ0 H + µ0 k H = (1 + k) µ0 H = µ0 H (3)

where B = total magnetic field, H = magnetic field, k = magnetic susceptibility, and µ0 =

permeability in vacuum (4π x 10-7 Hm-1)
Magnetic susceptibility is the most convincing parameter in determining rock types. The
susceptibility value (k) of rocks is greater if the rock content is found more and more magnetic
minerals.
 METHOD

The research was carried out around the campsite and Cibubur scout tourist resort
(BUPERTA Cibubur) on November 16, 2018. The coordinates of the study location were located
at E 106.89792 "-106.8914" and S 06.35993 "- 06.36082". The measurement is done by looping
on 5 paths and 10 points, using a set of PPM (Proton Precession Magnetometers) to get the total
magnetic field strength at each measurement point and the Global Positioning System (GPS) used
to measure the position of the measurement point includes longitude, latitude, altitude and time.

FIGURE 2. Geomagnetic Method Data Processing Phase Chart

Based on the chart, data processing is done with Microsoft Excel, while the interpretation
is done with Oasis Montaj software and Surfer 13. The correction process carried out includes
daily correction (Diurnal Correction) and IGRF (International Geomagnetic Reference Field)
using Microsoft Excel. The anomalous magnetic field value from the correction results are then
filtered Reduce to Pole (RTP) and Upward and Continuation by using Oasis Montaj software and
the contour map of the results of the continuation is opened through Surfer 13 software.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

After correction of the data, the total magnetic field values which are then reduced to the
poles are obtained using Oasis Montaj which is transformed into a reduce to pole process. This
pole reduction is carried out by bringing the anomalous position to the north pole so that it can
facilitate us for interpretation. This process changes the declination value (0,6289º) and the
inclination (-29,9167º) of the earth in the research area to be a declination value (0º) and
inclination (90º) according to the conditions at the poles.
 FIGURE 3. Magnetic RTP Contour Map With Oasis Montaj

Based on the image of the contour map, it can be interpreted qualitatively so that very low,
medium to high anomalies are known. The value of low magnetic anomaly has a value of around
-70 nT to 0 nT on the purple to dark green scale, medium magnetic anomaly of around 10 nT to
50 nT on light green to yellow scales and high magnetic anomalies around 60 nT to 130 nT on
the yellow scale old to red. Areas with high magnetic anomaly values are assumed at the bottom
of the surface to have a conductive zone.

CONCLUSION

The results of the qualitative interpretations indicate a range of values of the total
magnetic field anomalies in the study area of around -70 nT to 130 nT. Where the values of low
magnetic anomalies are grouped as diamagnetic, anomalous values are being grouped as
paramagnetic and high anomalous values are grouped as ferromagnetic.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

[1] Telford, W. M., Geldart, L.P., Sheriff, R.E., Applied Geophysic, Second. London: Cambridge
University Press, 1990.
[2] Kearey, Philip., Michael, Brooks., Ian, Hili., An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration, Third.
Australia: Blackwell Publishing Company, 2002