DIRECT-PROSPECTING METHODS USING FOR RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY WITHIN LOCAL AREA OF PREDICTED METEORITE FALL IN THE TALL EL-HAMMAM REGION (MIDDLE EAST)

Abstract

The results of application the mobile direct-prospecting technology of frequency-resonance processing and interpretation of satellite and photo images at the site of archaeological research in the area of a predicted meteorite fall in the Middle East (area of the city of Tall el-Hammam) are presented. The results of additional reconnaissance studies in the area of the Vredefort large ring structure location (South Africa) and Ilyinetsky crater (Ukraine) are presented also. Experimental research of a reconnaissance character was carried out with the aim of demonstrating the efficiency and informativeness of direct-prospecting methods. The developed mobile and low-cost technology include modified methods of frequency-resonance processing and decoding of satellite images and photo images, vertical electric-resonance sounding (scanning) of a cross-section, as well as a method of integrated assessment of the prospects of oil and gas potential of large prospecting blocks and license areas. Separate methods of this direct-prospecting technology are based on the principles of the “substance” paradigm of geophysical research, the essence of which is to search for a specific substance – oil, gas, gas condensate, water, gold, zinc, etc. The results of instrumental measurements indicate that the archaeological site in the area of Tall el-Hammam city is located on the territory within which there are volcanic complexes, filled with ultramafic rocks and kimberlites. The local excavation site is located above a diamond-bearing kimberlite volcano. From above, kimberlites are overlain by a layer of ultramafic rocks of small thickness, from which signals were recorded at the frequencies of lonsdaleites – industrial micro-diamonds. It can be assumed that the layer of ultramafic rocks with lonsdaleites above kimberlites is the result of the activity of the volcanic complex of ultramafic rocks. The results of the conducted studies do not testify in favor of an impact event in the area, where the site of archaeological excavations is located. The obtained results show that the Vredefort structure is located in the contours of a granite volcano (old and young) with roots at depths of 470 km and 996 km. Instrumental measurements have confirmed the potential of granite volcanic complexes deposits of gold, platinum and other ore minerals detecting.The results of the conducted experimental research of a reconnaissance nature allow us to state that the mobile direct-prospecting technology of satellite images and photographs frequency-resonance processing can find wide application in the study of the deep structure and establishment of the genesis of ring structures, operational examination of volcanic complexes of various types, as well as during exploration for combustible and ore minerals in various regions of the world.