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GravMag: 3D forward modeling of total-field magnetic anomaly using spheresΒΆ

Download source code: gravmag_mag_sphere.py

"""
GravMag: 3D forward modeling of total-field magnetic anomaly using spheres
"""
from fatiando import mesher, gridder, utils
from fatiando.gravmag import sphere
from fatiando.vis import mpl

# Set the inclination and declination of the regional field
inc, dec = -30, 45
# Create a sphere model
model = [
    # One with induced magnetization
    mesher.Sphere(0, 2000, 600, 500,
                  {'magnetization': utils.ang2vec(5, inc, dec)}),
    # and one with remanent
    mesher.Sphere(0, -2000, 600, 500,
                  {'magnetization': utils.ang2vec(10, 70, -50)})]
# Create a regular grid at 100m height
shape = (100, 100)
area = (-5000, 5000, -5000, 5000)
xp, yp, zp = gridder.regular(area, shape, z=-100)
# Calculate the anomaly for a given regional field
tf = sphere.tf(xp, yp, zp, model, inc, dec)
# Plot
mpl.figure()
mpl.title("Total-field anomaly (nT)")
mpl.axis('scaled')
mpl.contourf(yp, xp, tf, shape, 15)
mpl.colorbar()
mpl.xlabel('East y (km)')
mpl.ylabel('North x (km)')
mpl.m2km()
mpl.show()