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In the framework of the Deep Electromagnetic Soundings for Mineral Exploration project, we conducted ground‐based long‐offset transient‐electromagnetic measurements in a former mining area in eastern Thuringia, Germany. The large‐scale survey resulted in an extensive dataset acquired with multiple high‐power transmitters and a high number of electric and magnetic field receivers. The recorded data exhibit a high data quality over several decades of time and orders of magnitude. Although the obtained subsurface models indicate a strong multi‐dimensional subsurface with variations in resistivity over three orders of magnitude, the electrical field step‐on transients are well fitted using a conventional one‐dimensional inversion. Due to superimposed induced polarization effects, the transient step‐off data are not interpretable with conventional electromagnetic inversion. For further interpretation in one and two dimensions, a new approach to evaluate the long‐offset transient‐electromagnetic data in frequency domain is realized. We present a detailed workflow for data processing in both domains and give an overview of technical obstructions that can occur in one domain or the other. The derived one‐dimensional inversion models of frequency‐domain data show strong multi‐dimensional effects and are well comparable with the conventional time domain inversion results. To adequately interpret the data, a 2.5D frequency‐domain inversion using the open source algorithm MARE2DEM (Modeling with Adaptively Refined Elements for 2‐D EM) is carried out. The inversion leads to a consistent subsurface model with shallow and deep conductive structures, which are confirmed by geology and additional geophysical surveys.

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Deep exploration using long‐offset transient electromagnetics: interpretation of field data in time and frequency domain
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Keyword(s): Data processing; Long‐offset transient electromagnetics; Time/frequency domain

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