On resolution of the method of directional magnetotelluric soundings
The problem is to examine the resolution of directional magnetotelluric soundings (DMTS). Abrupt changes of impedances of electrical and magnetic types in critical region of parameters R~0, J~ωµσ are shown to result in significantly higher resolution of the method as compared with the traditional interpretation using Tikhonov–Cagniard impedance. The stability of solution of DMTS method inverse problem is considered subject to field measurement errors limited the resolution. The minimum of the limits is determined for the conductivity ∆σ/σ small variations. For studying DMTS resolution as applied to MT monitoring of earthquake site the mathematical experiment for three-layer geoelectric model was carried out. When changing the earthquake site conductivity of ∆σ~±10 % variations of reflection coefficient of electric mode are in the range of 20 % that is significantly more than the field measurement error. The possibility for prediction modeling in the context of obtained results is discussed.