Volume 3 - No: 2
Correlation of Self Potential and Ground Magnetic Survey Techniques to Investigate Fluid Seepage in Archaeological site, Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang, Kedah, Malaysia.
- Tajudeen O. Adeeko
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
adeekotajudeen@yahoo.co.uk
- Nordiana M. Muztaza
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
- Taqiuddin M. Zakaria
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
- Nurina Ismail
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
Keywords: Correlation, Groundwater, Magnetic, Seepage, Self-Potential
Abstract
One of the substantial of geophysics is to investigate the subsurface condition of the earth (groundwater) using appropriate geophysical techniques. In this research the correlation of self potential (SP) and ground magnetic methods was used to investigate fluid seepage in Archaeological site, Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang, Kedah, Malaysia. Self-potential method was used to determine flow of water, and Ground magnetic method was used to find object that can influence the result of self potential measurement and the aquifer depth, the lines were spread 0m ≤ x ≤ 9m, 0m ≤ y ≤ 30m with a trace intervals of 1.5m and 0.75m per electrode spacing respectively. The result display by Self Potential signals gives a clear understand that water flow from higher value (central) towards the lower value which is mostly at the southwest part than other areas and distinct level of feasible flow at different part ranges from -30mV to +35mV,which are very related to seepage flow patterns, negative SP anomalies were related with subsurface seepage flow paths (recharge zone) and positive SP anomalies were related with areas of seepage outflow (discharge zone); and Ground Magnetic signals shows good details of the buried materials with high magnetic values which was interpreted as baked clay bricks and low magnetic values indicate groundwater seepage with depth of 5m. Therefore, the two results have correlation significant at 0.8 which show good correlation in groundwater investigation in this study, which validates the results.