GEOLOGICAL TOMOGRAPHY USING COSMIC RAYS

摘要

Disclosed are a system (ABC) configured for detecting cosmic ray muon (CRM) flux along a variety of trajectories (102) through a subterranean test region, collecting the muon detection data and processing the data to form a three-dimensional density distribution image corresponding to the test region. The system may be used for identifying concentrations of high (or low) density mineral deposits or other geological structures or formations well below the earth's (or ocean floor) surface (100). The system may be utilized for imaging geological materials and structures of higher and/or lower density in a test region having a depth of several kilometers or more.