Models of the Bouguer gravity and geologic structure at Yucca Flat, Nevada

Geophysics ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Ferguson ◽  
Roger N. Felch ◽  
Carlos L. V. Aiken ◽  
John S. Oldow ◽  
Holly Dockery

The Bouguer gravity anomaly at Yucca Flat, Nevada, has been modeled by two different techniques: the Cordell‐Henderson and Parker‐Oldenburg methods. The three‐dimensional model has incorporated known density and structural information where possible. These models predict the structural relief on the Cenozoic‐Paleozoic contact to within 150 m or about 15 percent of the actual depth. The three‐dimensional Parker‐Oldenburg method has been found to be efficient in an application involving a large (9000 sample) data base. Numerical stability was ensured by the application of a consistent regularization (a low‐pass filter tuned to suppress the noise‐dominated portion of the data spectrum) of the downward continuation operator. The use of a single regularizing filter for the entire model is not completely satisfactory due to the oversmoothing of shallow regions of the basin. The model is useful in the delineation of the geologic history of the area. Structural features in the model support the hypothesis that regional stress fields rotated significantly during the Tertiary. Major structural elements of the basin are well defined on the Cenozoic‐Paleozoic interface. The principal basin‐bounding fault is the large‐throw Carpetbag fault on the west. This fault was most active during the earliest phases of subsidence. The Yucca fault is seen to be a much smaller feature in the model presented here. The basin is rotated down to the west, with normal hinge faults on the eastern margin.

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boxiang Liu ◽  
Jianmei Feng ◽  
Zhongzhen Wang ◽  
Xueyuan Peng

This paper presents an investigation of the use of a volume-choke-volume low-pass filter to achieve gas pulsation attenuation in a reciprocating compressor piping system, with a focus on its frequency response characteristics and influence on the actual attenuation effects. A three-dimensional acoustic model of the gas pulsation was established for a compressor discharge piping system with and without the volume-choke-volume filter, based on which the gas column natural frequencies of the piping system and the pressure wave profiles were predicted by means of the finite element method. The model was validated by comparing the predicted results with the experimental data. The results showed that the characteristic frequency of the filter was sensitive to both diameter and length of the choke but independent of the parameters of the piping beyond the filter. It is worth noting that the characteristic frequency of the filter constituted one order of the gas column natural frequencies of the piping system with the filter. The pressure pulsation levels in the piping system downstream of the filter could be significantly attenuated especially for the pulsation components at frequencies above the filter’s characteristic frequency. The measured peak-to-peak pressure pulsation at the outlet of the filter was approximately 61.7% lower than that of the surge bottle with the same volume.


The paper discusses some aspects of scattering of electromagnetic radiation in inhomogeneous media from the point of view of information theory. A theory is developed, based on a concrete model of a typical scattering experiment, which takes into account the finiteness of the scattering volume and the coherence characteristics of the radiation; as a conclusion, the speckle noise which is superimposed over the signal is brought into evidence. More exactly, it is shown that the spurious oscillations are due to the non-vanishing character of the convolution square of the inhomogeneity distribution function at the point of truncation in the primary space. Subsequently, the structural information of scattering experiments is examined and the finite logoncontent determined. The sampling interval is established and the resolution achievable in scattering measurements is deduced; also the means by which it can be improved are examined. An analysis of the quantitative information obtainable is pursued and the desirability of filtering is suggested. Finally, the way in which the partial coherence effectively acts as a low-pass filter is studied.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Palovcak ◽  
Daniel Asarnow ◽  
Melody G. Campbell ◽  
Zanlin Yu ◽  
Yifan Cheng

AbstractIn cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) of radiation-sensitive biological samples, both the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast of images are critically important in the image processing pipeline. Classic methods improve low-frequency image contrast experimentally, by imaging with high defocus, or computationally, by applying various types of low-pass filter. These contrast improvements typically come at the expense of high-frequency SNR, which is suppressed by high-defocus imaging and removed by low pass filtration. Here, we demonstrate that a convolutional neural network (CNN) denoising algorithm can be used to significantly enhance SNR and generate contrast in cryo-EM images. We provide a quantitative evaluation of bias introduced by the denoising procedure and its influences on image processing and three-dimensional reconstructions. Our study suggests that besides enhancing the visual contrast of cryo-EM images, the enhanced SNR of denoised images may facilitate better outcomes in the other parts of the image processing pipeline, such as classification and 3D alignment. Overall, our results provide a ground of using denoising CNNs in the cryo-EM image processing pipeline.


2017 ◽  
Vol E100.C (10) ◽  
pp. 858-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohei MORISHITA ◽  
Koichi MIZUNO ◽  
Junji SATO ◽  
Koji TAKINAMI ◽  
Kazuaki TAKAHASHI

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2579-2586
Author(s):  
Adina Racasan ◽  
Calin Munteanu ◽  
Vasile Topa ◽  
Claudia Pacurar ◽  
Claudia Hebedean

Author(s):  
Nanan Chomnak ◽  
Siradanai Srisamranrungrueang ◽  
Natapong Wongprommoon
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