Grounded electrical-source airborne transient electromagnetics (GREATEM) survey of Aso Volcano, Japan

Hisatoshi Ito; Hideshi Kaieda; Toru Mogi; Akira Jomori; Youichi Yuuki

doi:10.1071/EG12074

Airborne Surveys and Monitoring of the Earth - Application to the Mitigation of Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards

ISSN: 0812-3985
E-ISSN: 1834-7533

Grounded electrical-source airborne transient electromagnetics (GREATEM) survey of Aso Volcano, Japan
Authors Hisatoshi Ito^a,e, Hideshi Kaieda^a, Toru Mogi^b, Akira Jomori^c and Youichi Yuuki^d
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^a Civil Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture 270-1194, Japan. ^b Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. ^c NeoScience Co., 5-11-22, Onosato, Sennan, Osaka 590-0526, Japan. ^d Geotechnical Center, Oyo Co., 2-61-5 Toro, Saitama 331-8688, Japan. ^e Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: Exploration Geophysics, Volume 45, Issue Airborne Surveys and Monitoring of the Earth - Application to the Mitigation of Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards, Mar 2014, p. 43 - 48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/EG12074
- Received: 21 Nov 2012
- Accepted: 23 Apr 2013
- Published online: 01 Mar 2014

Abstract

Grounded electrical-source airborne transient electromagnetics (GREATEM), a type of semi-airborne electromagnetics, was used to examine Aso Volcano in south-west Japan, to verify its applicability to surveying deep subsurface resistivity structures. Comparison of the GREATEM resistivity values with those of ground-based transient electromagnetics (TEM) data, repeated GREATEM survey results at the same and different flight heights, and lithologic descriptions indicated that GREATEM can successfully identify underground structures as deep as ~800 m in rugged mountainous areas. An active volcanic region (Naka-Dake crater) was mapped as a low-resistivity zone from the surface to a depth of 100 m. This low-resistivity zone extended to the west-north-west, implying future volcanic activity in this area. Therefore, the GREATEM method is useful for surveying deep structures in large, inaccessible areas, such as volcanic provinces, in a quick, cost-effective way.

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