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Product Name: MTU SERIES

Product Description

The MTU is a lightweight 24-bit data acquisition unit with low power consumption, designed to operate in rugged environments. Its main applications are resistivity depth sounding and/or profiling for oil & gas, geothermal, groundwater, metals and diamond exploration; deep geophysical structure monitoring for earthquake prediction and other geological research; reservoir monitoring and management. In general, a group of MTUs is deployed simultaneously; all units are synchronized to ±1 microsecond by time signals broadcast by satellites of the GPS (Global Positioning System); all units start/stop data acquisition at a preprogrammed date/time. The MTU data acquisition units measure up to 2 components of electric field (MTU-2E/A); up to 3 components of magnetic field (MTU-3H), or both (MTU-5/A). The data acquisition units can be combined in any proportion, in any configuration and at any spacing from tens of meters (fine detail) to tens of kilometers (wide reconnaissance), either along profiles (2-D) or grids (3-D), or repeated measurements (4-D). Although cable links (copper or fiber optic) are optional, in general the MTU is operated in stand-alone mode for data acquisition (no cable links) to avoid the problems associated with cables. The MTU-CL is specialized version which does not perform data acquisition, but instead uses the GPS time to provide precision timing signals to other instruments. The MTU-LR is a version specialized for long-period MT measurements (to periods of approx. 30,000 seconds) for ultra-deep investigations. The MTU-LR uses specialized magnetic sensors. The MTU-5D is a specialized version for automated observatory operation. The MTU-CR is a version for controlled source measurements including complex resistivity (CR) [also known as Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP)] and requires a separate transmitter. The MTU-2EA and MTU-5A are designed for AMT work; the MTU-LT is for LOTEM applications

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We are the world leader in magnetotelluric (MT) and Induced Polarization (IP) instrumentation. Phoenix systems are used in more than 80 countries for exploration and research. Our clients include mining and oil companies, geophysical... more