Articles | Volume 38, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-881-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-881-2020
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22 Jul 2020
Regular paper |  | 22 Jul 2020

Evaluation of possible corrosion enhancement due to telluric currents: case study of the Bolivia–Brazil pipeline

Joyrles Fernandes de Moraes, Igo Paulino, Lívia R. Alves, and Clezio Marcos Denardini

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Effects of space weather events in technological systems were studied in the tropical region of Brazil by investigating the Bolivia–Brazil pipeline during space weather events with different intensities. The results presented significant corrosion levels during the 17 March 2015 geomagnetic storm and showed that the effects of space weather must be accounted for, even in low latitudes, since the lifetime of the pipelines can be reduced.