System and method for determining oil or mineral deposits
AssigneeHarris Corporation, Corporation of the State of Delaware
InventorsByron Knight, Mark Hamilton
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Abstract
A system and method determines the probability of oil or mineral deposits. At least one data collection device collects elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets for a predetermined area of the earth's surface. A processor receives the elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets and applies the gravity and magnetic data sets in a transfer function to link the elevation slope data set to the likely presence of oil or mineral deposits.
Claims54
A system for determining the probability of oil or mineral deposits, comprising:
- at least one data collection device for collecting elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets for a predetermined area of the earth's surface;
- and
- a processor for receiving the elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets and applying the gravity and magnetic data sets to the elevation slope data set in a transfer function to link the elevation slope data set to the likely presence of oil or mineral deposits.
A system for determining the probability of oil or mineral deposits, comprising:
- at least one data collection device for collecting elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets for a predetermined area of the earth's surface;
- and
- a processor for receiving the elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets and establishing vector representations indicative of gradients for the elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets and applying a transfer function to the vector representations to link the elevation slope data set to the likely presence of oil and mineral deposits.
A method for determining the probability of oil or mineral deposits, which comprises:
- collecting elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets for a predetermined area of the earth's surface;
- and
- applying the gravity and magnetic data sets in a transfer function with the elevation slope data set to link the elevation slope data set to the likely presence of oil or mineral deposits within the predetermined area of the earth's surface.
A method for determining the probability of oil and mineral deposits, which comprises:
- collecting elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets for a predetermined area of the earth's surface;
- establishing vector representations indicative of gradients for the elevation slope, magnetic and gravity data sets;
- and
- applying a transfer function to the vectors to determine the likely presence of oil or mineral deposits within the predetermined area of the earth's surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.