RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Reid, Alan B. A1 Ebbing, Jörg A1 Webb, Susan J.YR 2014 T1 Avoidable Euler Errors – the use and abuse of Euler deconvolution applied to potential fields† JF Geophysical Prospecting, VO 62 IS 5 SP 1162 OP 1168 DO https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.12119 PB European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, SN 1365-2478, AB ABSTRACT Window‐based Euler deconvolution is commonly applied to magnetic and sometimes to gravity interpretation problems. For the deconvolution to be geologically meaningful, care must be taken to choose parameters properly. The following proposed process design rules are based partly on mathematical analysis and partly on experience. The interpretation problem must be expressible in terms of simple structures with integer Structural Index (SI) and appropriate to the expected geology and geophysical source. The field must be sampled adequately, with no significant aliasing. The grid interval must fit the data and the problem, neither meaninglessly over‐gridded nor so sparsely gridded as to misrepresent relevant detail. The required gradient data (measured or calculated) must be valid, with sufficiently low noise, adequate representation of necessary wavelengths and no edge‐related ringing. The deconvolution window size must be at least twice the original data spacing (line spacing or observed grid spacing) and more than half the desired depth of investigation. The ubiquitous sprays of spurious solutions must be reduced or eliminated by judicious use of clustering and reliability criteria, or else recognized and ignored during interpretation. The process should be carried out using Cartesian coordinates if the software is a Cartesian implementation of the Euler deconvolution algorithm (most accessible implementations are Cartesian). If these rules are not adhered to, the process is likely to yield grossly misleading results. An example from southern Africa demonstrates the effects of poor parameter choices., UL https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/10.1111/1365-2478.12119