Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet

Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet

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Both types of anomaly can be explained at a given frequency by the undulating surface S of a perfect conductor below non-con- ducting matter, I-ts variable depth below the surface point (x,y) X x will be denoted as h (x,y) . Outside of the anomaly h shall be constant and equal to the real part of Cn at the considered fre- quenc y . This kind of interpretation is intended to demonstrate the effect of lateral changes of in-ternal resistivity on the depth of penetra- tion as a function of frequency and location, it does not provide, however, quantitative information about -the resistivities involved nor does it allow a distinction of the two types of anomalies mentioned above. Clearly, the magnetic fie1.d below S must be zero and the magnetic field vector on S tangential with respect to S because the con- nor a1 tinui-ty condition for the field conponent toif'?? requires that this component vanishes just above S. ~irect model problem: For a given shape of S the anoinalous surface field can be found with the methods of potential field theory, since Ma will be irrotational and of internal origin above S. If ~ ~ in -particular S has a simple shape independen-t of x, the field % ' lines for E-polarisation in the (y,z)-plane for z - < h (y) can be found by conformal mapping as follows: Let w(y,z) = y(yl,zl) + i.z(yl,zl) be an analytic function whi.ch maps the line zl=O of rectangular (yl ,zl) coordinates into the line * z=l> fy) of rectangular (y,z) coordinates. Lines z1 = const, are in- terpreted as magnetic field lines of a uniform field above a perfect conduc-tor at constan-t depth, their image in the (y,z)-plane as field lines of adistorted field above a perfect conductor at the variable

x: depth h (y), the image of the ultiina.'ce field line zf=O being ta.ngen- tial to the surface of the conductor as required. If gn= (Hlly '0) denotes the uniform horizontal field vector at a point in the original (yl,z') coordinates, the components of the field vector - H= (H ,Hz) at the image point in the (y,z) coordinates Y can be shown to be given by with The difference - H - H represents -n the anomalous field to be ' Inverse problem: The shape of the surface S can be found inversely from a given surface anomaly by constructing the internal field lines of -the field gn+ga. Field lines which have at some distance of the anpmaly the required normal depth R ~ ( C ) define the surface S, n provided of course that the surface thus found does no-t inS:ersec3< the Earth's surface anywhere. The ac-tual calculation of internal field lines requires 2 downward ex-tension of the anomaly through the non-conducting matter above the perfec-t conductor, using the well developed methods of potential field continuation towards its sources, In order to obtain sufficien: stability of thenumericaz process, the anomaly has to be low-pass filtered prior to the downward con'tinuation with a cut-off at a reciprocal spa-tial wave number comparable to the maximum depth of intended downward extrapolation.

x:<br />

depth h (y), the image of the ultiina.'ce field line zf=O being ta.ngen-<br />

tial to the surface of the conductor as required.<br />

If gn= (Hlly '0) denotes the uniform horizontal field vector at a<br />

point in the original (yl,z') coordinates, the components of the<br />

field vector - H= (H ,Hz) at the image point in the (y,z) coordinates<br />

Y<br />

can be shown to be given by<br />

with<br />

The difference - H - H represents<br />

-n<br />

the anomalous field to be<br />

' Inverse problem: The shape of the surface S can be found inversely<br />

from a given surface anomaly by constructing the internal field<br />

lines of -the field gn+ga. Field lines which have at some distance of<br />

the anpmaly the required normal depth R ~ ( C ) define the surface S,<br />

n<br />

provided of course that the surface thus found does no-t inS:ersec3<<br />

the Earth's surface anywhere.<br />

The ac-tual calculation of internal field lines requires 2 downward<br />

ex-tension of the anomaly through the non-conducting matter above<br />

the perfec-t conductor, using the well developed methods of potential<br />

field continuation towards its sources, In order to obtain sufficien:<br />

stability of thenumericaz process, the anomaly has to be low-pass<br />

filtered prior to the downward con'tinuation with a cut-off at a<br />

reciprocal spa-tial wave number comparable to the maximum depth of<br />

intended downward extrapolation.

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