Abstract
The Curie point-depth, frequently related to the depth to the bottom of the magnetic source, is widely employed as an estimator of temperature at depth when borehole temperature data are not available. The Curie point-depth is calculated using the spectral analysis of the magnetic data derived from aeromagnetic or satellite surveys. In this paper, MATLAB user-friendly GUI are constructed to calculate the Curie Point Depth using the inversion of aeromagnetic data assuming 2D fractal magnetization and modeling the temperature at depth assuming a 1D steady-state conductive heat transfer model. The program, tested in synthetic and aeromagnetic data, is running under MATLAB 2020a or standalone application with these input parameters: Aeromagnetic data, fractal parameter, Curie temperature, surface temperature, thermal conductivity, surface radiogenic heat production and scaling length of surface radiogenic heat production. The radially averaged amplitude spectrum, scaled spectrum, modeled spectrum, Curie point-depth, and temperature profile at depth are the output parameters of the program. Finally, the program is tested with Texas aeromagnetic data, and the results of the Curie point-depth were compared with borehole data.
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