Apparatus and method for detecting a magnetic anomaly contiguous to remote location by SQUID gradiometer and magnetometer systems

Overton, W C; Steyert, W A

Title: Apparatus and method for detecting a magnetic anomaly contiguous to remote location by SQUID gradiometer and magnetometer systems

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A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetic detection apparatus detects magnetic fields, signals, and anomalies at remote locations. Two remotely rotatable SQUID gradiometers may be housed in a cryogenic environment to search for and locate unambiguously magnetic anomalies. The SQUID magnetic detection apparatus can be used to determine the azimuth of a hydrofracture by first flooding the hydrofracture with a ferrofluid to create an artificial magnetic anomaly therein.

Inventors:: Overton, Jr, W C; Steyert, Jr, W A

Issue Date:: 1981-05-22

OSTI Identifier:: 6386208

Application Number:: ON: DE83010465

Assignee:: EDB-83-077515

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; MAGNETIC SURVEYS; MAGNETOMETERS; DESIGN; SQUID DEVICES; BOREHOLES; REMOTE AREAS; CAVITIES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FLUXMETERS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SURVEYS; 420201* - Engineering- Cryogenic Equipment & Devices

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  abstractNote = {A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetic detection apparatus detects magnetic fields, signals, and anomalies at remote locations. Two remotely rotatable SQUID gradiometers may be housed in a cryogenic environment to search for and locate unambiguously magnetic anomalies. The SQUID magnetic detection apparatus can be used to determine the azimuth of a hydrofracture by first flooding the hydrofracture with a ferrofluid to create an artificial magnetic anomaly therein.},

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