Magnetic anomalies of two‐dimensional bodies in a magnetic half‐space
The presence of magnetization in country rock modifies the anomaly caused by magnetic bodies. Such a modification is distinct from the self‐demagnetization effect of the body, and the concept of susceptibility contrast is not adequate to explain it. We can achieve an exact understanding of the problem by solving the potential function in three media: air, magnetic country rock, and magnetized body. This paper sets up the solution of this problem when the magnetized body is a circular cylinder with an infinitely long horizontal axis, for both a horizontal and a vertical inducing ambient field. It expresses the solution of Laplace’s equation in bipolar coordinates for the potentials in the form of Fourier series. Analysis of the vertical, horizontal, and total magnetic anomalies shows that neglect of country rock magnetization reduces the apparent causative body dimensions.