EQUIVALENT SOURCES USED AS AN ANALYTIC BASE FOR PROCESSING TOTAL MAGNETIC FIELD PROFILES

Abstract

Equivalent sources are useful in processing total magnetic field profiles. A lines‐of‐dipoles distribution, obtained by solving the linear inverse problem, provides an analytic base for computing the following quantities from an observed field: first and second vertical derivative fields, upward‐ and downward‐continued fields, field reduced to the pole, amplitude spectrum of the field, and band‐passed field. A theoretical example demonstrates the validity of the approach, and a field example shows that reasonable results are readily obtained.