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Inversion of Small Loop EM Data by Main-Target Emphasizing Approach  

Cho, In-Ky (Kangwon National University, Dept. Geophysics)
Kang, Mi-Kyung (Kangwon National University, Dept. Geophysics)
Kim, Ki-Ju (Kangwon National University, Dept. Geophysics)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.9, no.4, 2006 , pp. 299-303 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geologic noise, especially located at shallow depth, can be a great obstacle in the interpretation of geophysical data. Thus, it is important to suppress geologic noise in order to accurately detect major anomalous bodies in the survey area. In the inversion of geophysical data, model parameters at shallow depth, which have small size and low contrast of physical property, can be regarded as one of geologic noise. The least-squares method with smoothness constraint has been widely used in the inversion of geophysical data. The method imposes a big penalty on the large model parameter, while a small penalty on the small model parameter. Therefore, it is not easy to suppress small anomalous boies. In this study, we developed a new inversion scheme which can effectively suppress geologic noise by imposing a big penalty on the slowly varying model parameter and a small penalty on the largely varying model parameter. We call the method MTE (main-target emphasizing) inversion. Applying the method to the inversion of 2.5D small loop EM data, we can ensure that it is effective in suppressing small anomalous boies and emphasizing major anomalous bodies in the survey area.
Keywords
least-squares method; MTE inversion; small loop EM;
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