Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Validation of joint inversion of direct current and electromagnetic measurements

  • Published:
Acta Geophysica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

One of the ways to improve the information content of a set of field data is that of combining the interpretation of disparate data sets. Electromagnetic and direct current resistivity methods suffer from inherent equivalence problem. Application of joint inversion for these measurements can overcome the problem of equivalence very well. In the present work, synthetic data from vertical electrical sounding (VES) and horizontal coplanar low-frequency induction sounding (EMHD) are inverted individually and jointly over different types of 1D earth structures. Global optimization with Monte Carlo Multistart algorithm was used in the calculations. The results obtained from the inversions of synthetic data indicate that the joint inversion significantly improves the solution reducing the ambiguity of the models.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alpak, F.O., C. Torres-Verdin, and T.M. Habashy (2004), Joint inversion of transient pressure and dc resistivity measurements acquired with in-site permanent sensors: A numerical study, Geophysics 69, 1173–1191, DOI: 10.1190/1.1801935.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Antoniuk, J. (2001), Adding corrections to apparent conductivity values measured in low-frequency induction profiling, Geologia 27, 625–639 (in Polish).

    Google Scholar 

  • Basokur, A.T. (1984), A numerical direct interpretation of resistivity sounding using the Pekeris model, Geophys. Prosp. 32, 1131–1146, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1984.tb00759.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bhattacharya, B.B., Shalivahan, and M.K. Sen (2003), Use of VFSA for resolution, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in 1D DC resistivity and IP inversion, Geophys. Prosp. 51, 393–408, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003. 00379.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ghosh, D.P. (1970), The application of linear filter theory to the direct interpretation of geoelectric resistivity measurements, Geophy. Prosp. 19, 192–217, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1971.tb00593.x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ghosh, D.P. (1971), Inverse filter coefficient for the computation of apparent resistivity sounding curves for a horizontally stratified Earth, Geophys. Prosp. 19, 769–775, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1971.tb00915.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kaikkonen, P., and S.P. Sharma (1998), 2-D nonlinear joint inversion of VLF and VLF-R data using simulated annealing, J. Appl. Geophys. 39, 155–176, DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(98)00025-1.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koefoed, O. (1979), Geosounding Principles. 1: Resistivity Sounding Measurements, Elsevier Science Publ. Co., Amsterdam, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90009-6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Monteiro Santos, F.A., S.A. Sultan, P. Represas, and A.L. El Sorady (2006), Joint inversion of gravity and geoelectrical data for groundwater and structural investigation: Application to the northwestern part of Sinai, Egypt, Geophys. J. 165, 705–718, DOI: j.1365-246X.2006.02923.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pięta, A. (2007), Application of parallel computing in geoscience, PhD Thesis, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków (in Polish).

    Google Scholar 

  • Pięta, A., and J. Bała (2007), Analysis of parallel computing effectiveness in optimization problem of inversion of vertical electrical sounding, Papers of the Second Kraków Conference of the Young Scientists, 183–188 (in Polish).

  • Press, W.H., B.P. Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky, and W.T. Vetterling (1988), Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pszczoła, G., and A. Leśniak (2004), Non-linear optimization methods for small earthquake locations, TASK Quarterly 8, 583–590.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sharma, S.P., and P. Kaikkonen (1999), Appraisal of equivalence and suppression problems in 1D EM and DC measurements using global optimization and joint inversion, Geophys. Prosp. 47, 219–249, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00121.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Verma, R.K. (1980), Equivalence in electromagnetic frequency sounding, Geophys. Prosp. 28, 776–791, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1980.tb01260.x.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhdanov, M.S., and G.V. Keller (1994), The Geoelectrical Methods in Geophysical Exploration, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geoinformatics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Justyna Bała & Anna Pięta

Authors
  1. Justyna Bała
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Anna Pięta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Justyna Bała.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bała, J., Pięta, A. Validation of joint inversion of direct current and electromagnetic measurements. Acta Geophys. 58, 114–125 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11600-009-0014-9

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11600-009-0014-9

Key words

Search

Navigation