Identification of Sources of Potential Fields with the Continuous Wavelet Transform: Tenth Birthday

We consider the use of the continuous wavelet transform in the interpretation of potential field data. Our objective is to report its development since the publication of the first paper by Moreau et al. in 1997. First target parameters were the source positions and shape (similarly to the Euler deconvolution). We have then developed the method to estimate size and directions of extended sources (e.g. faults and dikes of finite dimensions) and also the magnetization direction in the case of magnetic data. Latest developments can help in the automatic detection of elongated structures in 3D, simultaneously to the estimation of their strike direction, shape and depth.