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Exploration of resistive targets within shallow marine environments using the circular electrical dipole and the differential electrical dipole methods : A time-domain modelling study. / Haroon, Amir; Mogilatov, Vladimir; Goldman, Mark et al.
In: Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 205, No. 2, 01.05.2016, p. 1032-1048.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploration of resistive targets within shallow marine environments using the circular electrical dipole and the differential electrical dipole methods
T2 - A time-domain modelling study
AU - Haroon, Amir
AU - Mogilatov, Vladimir
AU - Goldman, Mark
AU - Bergers, Rainer
AU - Tezkan, Bülent
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Two novel transient controlled source electromagnetic methods called circular electrical dipole (CED) and differential electrical dipole (DED) are theoretically analysed for applications in shallow marine environments. 1-D and 3-D time-domain modelling studies are used to investigate the detectability and applicability of themethodswhen investigating resistive layers/targets representing hydrocarbon-saturated formations. The results are compared to the conventional time-domain horizontal electrical dipole (HED) and vertical electrical dipole (VED) sources. The applied theoretical modelling studies demonstrate that CED and DED have higher signal detectability towards resistive targets compared to TD-CSEM, but demonstrate significantly poorer signal amplitudes. Future CED/DED applications will have to solve this issue prior to measuring. Furthermore, the two novel methods have very similar detectability characteristics towards 3-D resistive targets embedded in marine sediments as VED while being less susceptible towards non-verticality. Due to the complex transmitter design of CED/DED the systems are prone to geometrical errors. Modelling studies show that even small transmitter inaccuracies have strong effects on the signal characteristics of CED making an actual marine application difficult at the present time. In contrast, the DED signal is less affected by geometrical errors in comparison to CED and may therefore be more adequate for marine applications.
AB - Two novel transient controlled source electromagnetic methods called circular electrical dipole (CED) and differential electrical dipole (DED) are theoretically analysed for applications in shallow marine environments. 1-D and 3-D time-domain modelling studies are used to investigate the detectability and applicability of themethodswhen investigating resistive layers/targets representing hydrocarbon-saturated formations. The results are compared to the conventional time-domain horizontal electrical dipole (HED) and vertical electrical dipole (VED) sources. The applied theoretical modelling studies demonstrate that CED and DED have higher signal detectability towards resistive targets compared to TD-CSEM, but demonstrate significantly poorer signal amplitudes. Future CED/DED applications will have to solve this issue prior to measuring. Furthermore, the two novel methods have very similar detectability characteristics towards 3-D resistive targets embedded in marine sediments as VED while being less susceptible towards non-verticality. Due to the complex transmitter design of CED/DED the systems are prone to geometrical errors. Modelling studies show that even small transmitter inaccuracies have strong effects on the signal characteristics of CED making an actual marine application difficult at the present time. In contrast, the DED signal is less affected by geometrical errors in comparison to CED and may therefore be more adequate for marine applications.
KW - Electromagnetic theory
KW - Marine electromagnetics
KW - Non-linear electromagnetics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964523365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/gji/ggw051
DO - 10.1093/gji/ggw051
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964523365
VL - 205
SP - 1032
EP - 1048
JO - Geophysical Journal International
JF - Geophysical Journal International
SN - 0956-540X
IS - 2
ER -
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