公开(公告)号：US20190129064A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US15796383

申请日：2017-10-27

Applicant: Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation

Inventor： Christopher Lee Martin

IPC: G01V15/00 ,  F16L1/11 ,  G01V3/08

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for identifying non-metallic subterranean structures using amorphous metal markers associated with the structures. Some examples will include the amorphous metal in the form of one or more sections of an amorphous metal foil within a protective enclosure sufficient to physically isolate the amorphous metal foil from the surrounding Earth. The amorphous metal foil and enclosure may be in the form of a tape which either will be secured to, or placed proximate the subterranean structure, which may be, for example, a pipe or conduit, or other non-metallic structure.