Barringer Research Limited

Anthony Rene Barringer

A sample of material to be analyzed is applied in a thin layer to a substrate such as an elongated tape and then is illuminated by a laser beam of such wavelength and power that at least a portion of the sample is vaporized. The substrate is non-absorptive at the laser wavelength and therefore is unaffected by the laser beam. The vaporized matter is removed from the region at which vaporization takes place, and is subsequently excited in a plasma to facilitate analysis by a conventional spectrometer.

Laser spectrochemical analysis

A method and apparatus for geochemical exploration for mineral, hydrocarbon and geothermal deposits in which particles which are contained in the very surface, or surficial layer of the earth, or of vegetation, or water are collected and analyzed.

Detection of concealed metalliferous deposits, hydrocarbons and

A spectrometer having two photoelectric channels the outputs of which are compared in order to measure gas or liquid concentrations, and means for automatically balancing the photoelectric channels immediately prior to each successive measurement, said means including a reference source of radiation which is utilized for balancing both photoelectric channels, so that when a measurement of the gas or liquid is being made, both photoelectric channels as nearly as possible are effectively balanced.

Spectroscopic apparatus with balanced dual detectors

Exploration method and apparatus in which atmospheric particulates are collected, and wherein micro-organisms present in the collected particulates are analyzed for pre-determined elements or compounds.

Exploration method and apparatus utilizing atmospheric micro-organic

Method and apparatus for airborne prospecting in which samples of atmospheric gases, vapors or particulates are collected and contemporaneously the atmosphere near where the samples are collected is monitored to determine whether the respective samples were uplifted by an updraft of air. Samples respectively collected during periods of updrafts are separated from the remainder of said samples, and the samples respectively collected during periods of updrafts are analyzed separately from the remainder of said samples.

Method and apparatus for collecting atmospheric samples in atmospheric

A method of determining the presence of hydrocarbon seeps in the sea from an aircraft or other moving vehicle wherein an intense beam of light from an artificial source such as a laser is directed towards the sea and reflections and/or bioluminescence attributable to said beam occurring in the near surface of the sea are observed in the vehicle. Means is provided for discriminating between responses attributable to reflections from the surface of the sea and reflections and/or bioluminescence occurring below the surface of the sea.

Remote sensing of marine hydrocarbon seeps

A method of detecting conductive bodies in an area wherein a primary field having a complex waveform, such as a frequency modulated, rapidly swept signal is generated and is radiated toward the area. A receiving system is provided for sensing the primary and secondary fields. Computerized signal processing techniques are used to obtain the best match between the waveforms of the received signals and those of stored reference waveforms which correspond to responses of known conductive bodies.

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Anthony Rene Barringer