An overview of a highly versatile forward and stable inverse algorithm for airborne, ground-based and borehole electromagnetic and electric data

Auken, Esben and Christiansen, Anders Vest and Kirkegaard, Casper and Fiandaca, Gianluca and Schamper, Cyril and Behroozmand, Ahmad Ali and Binley, Andrew and Nielsen, Emil and Efferso, Flemming and Christensen, Niels Boie and Sorensen, Kurt and Foged, Nikolaj and Vignoli, Giulio (2015) An overview of a highly versatile forward and stable inverse algorithm for airborne, ground-based and borehole electromagnetic and electric data. Exploration Geophysics, 46 (3). pp. 223-235. ISSN 0812-3985

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Abstract

We present an overview of a mature, robust and general algorithm providing a single framework for the inversion of most electromagnetic and electrical data types and instrument geometries. The implementation mainly uses a 1D earth formulation for electromagnetics and magnetic resonance sounding (MRS) responses, while the geoelectric responses are both 1D and 2D and the sheet's response models a 3D conductive sheet in a conductive host with an overburden of varying thickness and resistivity. In all cases, the focus is placed on delivering full system forward modelling across all supported types of data. Our implementation is modular, meaning that the bulk of the algorithm is independent of data type, making it easy to add support for new types. Having implemented forward response routines and file I/O for a given data type provides access to a robust and general inversion engine. This engine includes support for mixed data types, arbitrary model parameter constraints, integration of prior information and calculation of both model parameter sensitivity analysis and depth of investigation. We present a review of our implementation and methodology and show four different examples illustrating the versatility of the algorithm. The first example is a laterally constrained joint inversion (LCI) of surface time domain induced polarisation (TDIP) data and borehole TDIP data. The second example shows a spatially constrained inversion (SCI) of airborne transient electromagnetic (AEM) data. The third example is an inversion and sensitivity analysis of MRS data, where the electrical structure is constrained with AEM data. The fourth example is an inversion of AEM data, where the model is described by a 3D sheet in a layered conductive host.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Exploration Geophysics
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1907
Subjects:
?? AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETICFREQUENCY DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICGEOELECTRICINVERSIONMAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDINGTRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETICLATERALLY CONSTRAINED INVERSIONINDUCED POLARIZATION DATADATA INCORPORATING TOPOGRAPHYRESISTIVITY DATATEM DATAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE ??
ID Code:
76633
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Deposited On:
12 Nov 2015 11:14
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Yes
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Published
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