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Volume 69, Issue 2
  • E-ISSN: 1365-2478

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Although most electromagnetic data can be inverted to actual resistivity, ways of quickly getting a real‐time interpretation of a data set are still valuable. Such methods are useful when we are testing instrumentation or assessing data quality during a survey, or when we need to get a general understanding of the geological structure during a field survey. Apparent resistivity is a good way to satisfy these desires. However, one of the disadvantages of apparent resistivities is that the traditional apparent resistivity formulations are poor at recognizing boundaries, mainly because abnormal responses get stretched into deeper parts of the image (a shadow effect). In order to improve the recognition ability of boundaries, we propose improved apparent resistivity pseudo‐sections based on the formulae for the frequency and frequency–spatial gradients of the fields in the far‐field region of frequency‐domain controlled‐source audio‐frequency magnetotelluric surveys. The new pseudo‐sections are found to be better than those produced from a traditional method when applied to a number of 3‐D examples. The performance of this apparent resistivity method is closely related to using an appropriate transmitter–receiver distance: when a proper value is used, good results can be obtained in which the horizontal locations of vertical boundaries and the positions of top and bottom boundaries can be identified clearly. Finally, the usefulness of the proposed method for practical applications is evaluated with a field‐data example, for which the results of the proposed apparent resistivity imaging method are compared with traditional apparent resistivities, as well as with the results from a 2‐D inversion of DC resistivity data from the same survey line and with what is known about the geology of the area. This comparison demonstrates the improved capabilities of the new apparent resistivities over traditional approaches, including an improved capability to accurately reveal the bottoms of targets.

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