Demonstration Summary

Advances in next-generation electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors and software algorithms in Geosoft's Oasis Montaj UX-Analyze module have begun to enable geophysical targets at munitions response sites (MRSs) to be classified into feature classes that differentiate between munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and non-MEC items (e.g., munitions debris [MD] and scrap metal). As a part of the live site demonstration program, this project will demonstrate and validate the effectiveness of using current- and next-generation sensors along with advanced software to classify geophysical anomalies as either MEC or non-MEC. Data will be collected in production environments with the industry standard Geonics EM61-MK2 and next-generation TEMTADS 2x2 array and Geometrics MetalMapper sensors and analyzed in Geosoft's UX-Analyze using both the single-source and multisource solver classification algorithms. After classification and intrusive investigation of anomalies, the classification results from the sensors will be compared and evaluated to determine their relative effectiveness in classifying targets of interest (e.g., MEC) from targets that are not of interest (e.g., MD, scrap metal). This comparative analysis will help industry geophysicists develop classification methodologies that focus intrusive investigations on only those items that pose a potential explosive hazard and reduce the costs of remediation at MRSs.