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Primary Solution Evaluations for Interpreting Electromagnetic Data  

Kim, Hee-Joon (Pukyong National University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering)
Choi, Ji-Hyang (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Geological Research Division)
Han, Nu-Ree (Seoul National University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering)
Song, Yoon-Ho (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Geological Research Division)
Lee, Ki-Ha (Pukyong National University, Department of Energy Resources Engineering)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.12, no.4, 2009 , pp. 361-366 More about this Journal
Abstract
Layered-earth Green's functions in electormagnetic (EM) surveys play a key role in modeling the response of exploration targets. They are computed through the Hankel transforms of analytic kernels. Computational precision depends upon the choice of algebraically equivalent forms by which these kemels are expressed. Since three-dimensional (3D) modeling can require a huge number of Green's function evaluations, total computational time can be influenced by computational time for the Hankel transform evaluations. Linear digital filters have proven to be a fast and accurate method of computing these Hankel transforms. In EM modeling for 3D inversion, electric fields are generally evaluated by the secondary field formulation to avoid the singularity problem. In this study, three components of electric fields for five different sources on the surface of homogeneous half-space were derived as primary field solutions. Moreover, reflection coefficients in TE and TM modes were produced to calculate EM responses accurately for a two-layered model having a sea layer. Accurate primary fields should substantially improve accuracy and decrease computation times for Green's function-based problems like MT problems and marine EM surveys.
Keywords
electromagnetic; Green's function; Hankel transform; modeling; primary field; EM1D;
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