TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TECHNIQUE OF MAGNETIC PROFILES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GULF OF SUEZ USING WERNER DECONVOLUTION METHODS

TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TECHNIQUE OF MAGNETIC

PROFILES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GULF OF SUEZ

USING WERNER DECONVOLUTION METHODS

By
S.A. HUSSIEN*; H. FARES; M.B. AWAD; Y.I. EL-ABD AND M.E. EI-RAEI
*Nationallnstitute ofOceanography & Fisheries, Alexandria-Egypt.
Key Words: Physical Oceanography, Magnetic profiles, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea,
ABSTRACT
‘fflerner deconvolution method is applied on magnetic anomaly
profiles crossing the northern part ofthe GulfofSuez. The primary
objectives are generally. determinations of the depth and structural
configuration of magnetic – like structures. The depth points, dip
directions and susceptibility values are compiled by automatic
calculation from the magnetic anomaly profiles, which traced in terms
ofsubsurface magnetic structures.
The well known equation for the total magnetic field due to a thin
magnetic sheet is programmed to compute automatically the depth to
top, susceptibility contrast and dip of these features from a given
magnetic field profile.
This technique is applied overfive profiles oftotal magnetic field
together with their regional magnetic component along the study area.
The results are compared with the geoseismic sections carried out on
the same locations. The overall comparison of interpretation was
found satisfactory within the same framework of the causative
structure, which gives a good evidence on the reliability ofapplying
Werner technique as a simple, cheap and within the framework
accuracy ofthe causative structure.