Case History Examples Comparing Dipole - Dipole Induced Polarization and Dual Horizontal Loop Transient Electromagnetic Surveys in Australia

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 38-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Induced Polarization ◽  
Transient Electromagnetic ◽  
Electromagnetic Surveys

Transient electromagnetic fields of a buried horizontal magnetic dipole

Geophysics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. E481-E491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Swidinsky ◽  
Misac Nabighian
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Magnetic Dipole ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Major Axis ◽  
Secondary Response ◽  
Burial Depth ◽  
Transient Electromagnetic ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Smoke Ring ◽  
Electromagnetic Surveys

Electromagnetic surveys using a vertical transmitter loop are common in land, marine, and airborne geophysical exploration. Most of these horizontal magnetic dipole (HMD) systems operate in the frequency domain, measuring the time derivative of the induced magnetic fields, and therefore a majority of studies have focused on this subset of field measurements. We examine the time-domain electromagnetic response of a HMD including the electric fields and corresponding smoke rings produced in a conductive half-space. Cases of a dipole at the surface and buried within the earth are considered. Results indicate that when the current in the transmitter is rapidly switched off, a single smoke ring is produced within the plane of the vertical transmitter loop, which is then distorted by the air-earth interface. In this situation, the circular smoke ring, which would normally diffuse symmetrically away from the source in a whole space, is approximately transformed into an ellipse, with a vertical major axis at an early time and a horizontal major axis at a late time. As measured from the location of the transmitter, the depth of investigation and lateral footprint of such a system increases with burial depth. It is also observed that the electric field measured in the direction of the magnetic dipole only contains a secondary response related to the charge accumulation on any horizontal conductivity boundaries because the primary field is always absent. This field component can be expressed analytically in terms of a static and time-varying field, the latter term adding spatial complexity to the total horizontal electric field at the earth surface at early times. Applications of this theoretical study include the design of time-domain induction-logging tools, crossborehole electromagnetic surveys, underground mine expansion work, mine rescue procedures, and novel marine electromagnetic experiments.

scholarly journals Double Trapezoidal Wave Transmitting System with Controllable Turn-Off Edge

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7932
Author(s):  
Yuan Jiang ◽  
Yanju Ji ◽  
Yibing Yu ◽  
Shipeng Wang ◽  
Yuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Polarization Effect ◽  
Induced Polarization ◽  
Emission Current ◽  
Wire Loop ◽  
Transient Electromagnetic ◽  
Charging Time ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Electromagnetic Measurement ◽  
Induced Polarization Effect ◽  
Off Time

For time domain transient electromagnetic measurement, the negative sign often appears in the polarization region, which contains the induced polarization information. It is considered that the polarization effect is caused by the capacitance charge of the earth. Extending the turn-off time of the emission current means increasing the charging time, and reducing the charging voltage, which makes the polarization effect easier to observe. Therefore, a double trapezoidal wave transmitting system with a controllable turn-off edge is designed in this paper. In the process of current transmitting, the turn-off time can be controlled by changing the clamping voltage depending on the passive clamping technology. By cutting into the absorption resistance, the current oscillation can be eliminated under the condition of ensuring linearity. To verify the effectiveness of the system, we designed a polarized wire loop based on the filament model simulating the polarized earth. Comparing the response of the wire loop, the emission current with short and long turn-off times contributes to inducing the induction and polarization fields respectively. The double trapezoidal wave transmitting system with a controllable turn-off edge is suitable for measuring the induced polarization effect.

Transient electromagnetic response of a polarizable ground

Geophysics ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1037-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Time Constant ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Induced Polarization ◽  
Electromagnetic Response ◽  
Relaxation Model ◽  
Reverse Polarity ◽  
Transient Electromagnetic ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Positive Time

When a uniform ground has a conductivity which may be described by a Cole‐Cole relaxation model with a positive time constant, then the transient response of such a ground will show evidence of induced polarization (IP) effects. The IP effects cause the transient initially to decay quite rapidly and to reverse polarity. After this reversal the transient decays much more slowly, the decay at this stage being about the same rate as a nonpolarizable ground.

Induced polarization effect on grounded-wire transient electromagnetic data from transverse electric and magnetic fields

Geophysics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. E111-E120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan-Nan Zhou ◽  
Lei Kangxin ◽  
Guoqiang Xue ◽  
Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Electric ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Induced Polarization ◽  
Double Line ◽  
Electromagnetic Data ◽  
Transient Electromagnetic ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Polarizable Body ◽  
Induced Polarization Effect

Transient electromagnetic (TEM) data can be seriously distorted by induced polarization (IP) phenomena when a polarizable body is present. The TEM field generated by a grounded-wire source contains transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes. The IP effect is most commonly studied with the TEM total field, rather than considering the difference between TE and TM fields. To investigate the effect of IP phenomena on the TE and TM fields, we have performed a detailed analysis on IP-distorted TEM data based on numerical and field examples. We first compare the IP effect on the TE and TM fields when polarizable bodies with different polarizable parameters are present. The TM field is more severely affected by the IP effect than the TE field. Compared to a single grounded-wire source, a double-line grounded-wire source can generate a larger TM field in the horizontal electric field. We compare the IP effect on TEM data from single- and double-line grounded-wire TEM configurations, and find that the data from the double-line configuration have a higher TM/TE ratio and are more severely affected by IP phenomena than in the single-line case. Thus, it would be easier to identify and extract the IP response from field data acquired with a double-line grounded-wire source configuration. These results have been verified by a field survey of the Kalatongke copper-nickel ore district, which has predominantly layered geology, in Xinjiang, China.

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