Application of airborne geophysical survey in antarctica

LI Xiao; TONG Jing; ZHANG Wan; YAO Guo-Tao; ZHANG Xuan-Jie

doi:10.11720/wtyht.2022.1076

2022 Vol. 46, No. 1

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LI Xiao, TONG Jing, ZHANG Wan, YAO Guo-Tao, ZHANG Xuan-Jie. 2022. Application of airborne geophysical survey in antarctica. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, 46(1): 12-21. doi: 10.11720/wtyht.2022.1076

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LI Xiao, TONG Jing, ZHANG Wan, YAO Guo-Tao, ZHANG Xuan-Jie. 2022. Application of airborne geophysical survey in antarctica. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, 46(1): 12-21. doi: 10.11720/wtyht.2022.1076

Application of airborne geophysical survey in antarctica

1. China Aero Geophysical Survey and Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resource, Beijing 100083,China;
2. Key Laboratory of Airborne Geophysics and Remote Sensing Geology of MNR,Beijing 10083,China;
3. School of Ocean Sciences,China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083,China

Received Date: 09 February 2021

Revised Date: 20 February 2022

Publish Date: 25 February 2022

Abstract

Abstract

Airborne geophysical techniques represent a cost-effective way for obtaining insights into the crustal geology of the Antarctic. Based on the analysis of the history of Antarctic airbrone geophysical survey and development of facilities and fly-platform applied in the survey, this paper gives a review of the leading scientific application topic of airborne geophysical data i.e.,the crustal structure of Antarctica,the reconstruction and restoration of ancient terrains, magmatism and volcanism identification,and the interaction between Antarctica Ice Shelf and bed rock, which shows that airborne geophysical survey provides effective technical support for Antarctica geosciences research.Our research shows that there is still a blank area for geophysical survey. Based on out review, the combination of airborne magnetic, airborne gravity and ice radar data has provide a new solution to the interaction study of Antarctic Ice shelf and bedrock.
- airborne geophysical survey /
- Antarctica /
- current situation of geophysical survey /
- geophysical data application

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