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Review on the Three-Dimensional Magnetotelluric Modeling  

Kim, Hee-Joon (Department of Environmental Exploration Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Nam, Myung-Jin (School of Urban, Civil & Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Song, Yoon-Ho (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resorces)
Suh, Jung-Hee (School of Urban, Civil & Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.7, no.2, 2004 , pp. 148-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
This article reviews the development of three-dimensional (3-D) magnetotelluric (MT) modeling. The 3-D modeling of electromagnetic fields is essential in understanding the physics of MT soundings, and in implementing an inversion method to reconstruct a 3-D resistivity image. Although various numerical schemes have been developed over the last two decades, practical methods have been quite limited. However, the recent rapid improvement in computer speed and memory, as well as the advance in iterative solution algorithms for a large system of equations, makes it possible to model the MT responses of complex 3-D structures, which have been very difficult to simulate before. The use of staggered grids in finite difference method has become popular, conserving a magnetic flux and an electric current and allowing for realistic discontinuous fields. The convergence of numerical solutions has been greatly accelerated by adopting Krylov subspace methods, proper preconditioning techniques, and static divergence corrections. The vector finite-element method using edge elements is also free from the discontinuity problem, and seems a natural choice for modeling complex structures including irregular topography because its flexibility allows one to capture full geometric complexity.
Keywords
three-dimensional; magnetotelluric(MT); modeling; staggered grid; edge element;
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