Abstract
Based on Poisson’s relation, a generalized equation to realize forward modelling of magnetic anomalies due to arbitrarily magnetized 2D listric fault sources in any component is derived in the space domain. The non-planar fault plane of a listric fault structure is described with a generalized polynomial equation. The estimated coefficients of a prescribed polynomial are used to construct the fault plane analytically. The validity of the presented formula is established against the theoretical anomalies that are realized by an analytic equation over a vertical fault structure. It is demonstrated with a synthetic example that the magnetic anomalies in any component produced by a typical listric fault source always have lesser magnitude when compared to the corresponding anomalous field produced by the same structure with a planar fault plane assumption.
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A generalized equation is presented to calculate the magnetic anomalies in any component due to arbitrarily magnetized 2D listric fault sources. An interactive and platform independent software coded in Java is developed based on the methodology.
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The authors sincerely thank the reviewers and Associate Editor for their suggestions and feedback. Ramamma Batta thank DST, Government of India for granting the Women Scientist scheme.
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Ani Nibisha has written the manuscript. Ramamma and Rajeswara Sastry have programmed the algorithm. Chakravarthi has developed the algorithm.
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Nibisha, V.A., Ramamma, B., Sastry, S.R. et al. Forward modelling: Magnetic anomalies of arbitrarily magnetized 2D fault sources with analytically defined fault planes. J Earth Syst Sci 130, 130 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01634-x
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