A scaled experiment for the verification of the SeaBed Logging method     

L.O. Lseth  H.M. Pedersen  T. Schaug-Pettersen  S. Ellingsrud  T. Eidesmo 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2008,64(3-4):47-55

SeaBed Logging (SBL) is an application of the marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) method that is used to directly detect and characterize possible hydrocarbon-bearing prospects. Although the CSEM method has been used by academia for more than three decades, the application as a direct hydrocarbon indicator was first introduced about five years ago. The central idea of SBL is the guiding of electromagnetic energy in thin resistive layers within conductive sediments. Even if it has been well known for a long time that electromagnetic signals can propagate from a conductive region to another via resistive regions such as air or resistive parts of the lithosphere, the application to hydrocarbon exploration has not been developed until recently. This might be due to the uncertainty of getting any significant response from thin resistive layers such as hydrocarbon reservoirs since electromagnetic energy is highly attenuated in conductive sediments. Thus, during the early development phase of the SBL technique, a scaled laboratory experiment was performed to validate if a thin resistive layer (e.g. hydrocarbons) buried within conductive media (e.g. sediments) could be remotely detected by using electric dipoles as sources and receivers. Data from this experiment were compared to a forward modelling code for layered media, and the comparison showed good agreement between experimental and theoretical results. This suggested that thin resistive layers buried in conductive media are detectable due to the guiding of the electromagnetic field within the resistor. The successful results were vital for realizing the application of marine CSEM as a hydrocarbon exploration technique. We here present the results of the first scaled SBL experiment.  相似文献   

Improving modelling and inversion in refraction seismics with a first-order Eikonal solver   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Isabelle Lecomte  Håvar Gjøystdal  ers Dahle  & Ole Christian Pedersen 《Geophysical Prospecting》2000,48(3):437-454

A first-order Eikonal solver is applied to modelling and inversion in refraction seismics. The method calculates the traveltime of the fastest wave at any point of a regular grid, including head waves as used in refraction. The efficiency, robustness and flexibility of the method give a very powerful modelling tool to find both traveltimes and raypaths. Comparisons with finite-difference data show the validity of the results. Any arbitrarily complex model can be studied, including the exact topography of the surface, thus avoiding static corrections. Later arrivals are also obtained by applying high-slowness masks over the high-velocity zones. Such an efficient modelling tool may be used interactively to invert for the model, but a better method is to apply the refractor-imaging principle of Hagedoorn to obtain the refractors from the picked traveltime curves. The application of this principle has already been tried successfully by previous authors, but they used a less well-adapted Eikonal solver. Some of their traveltimes were not correct in the presence of strong velocity variations, and the refractor-imaging principle was restricted to receiver lines along a plane surface. With the first-order Eikonal solver chosen, any topography of the receiving surface can be considered and there is no restriction on the velocity contrast. Based on synthetic examples, the Hagedoorn principle appears to be robust even in the case of first arrivals associated with waves diving under the refractor. The velocities below the refractor can also be easily estimated, parallel to the imaging process. In this way, the model can be built up successively layer by layer, the refractor-imaging and velocity-mapping processes being performed for each identified refractor at a time. The inverted model could then be used in tomographic inversions because the calculated traveltimes are very close to the observed traveltimes and the raypaths are available.  相似文献   

Sulfide intrusion in the tropical seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme     

Marianne Holmer  Ole Pedersen  Dorte Krause-Jensen  Birgit Olesen  Malene Hedegrd Petersen  Stephanie Schopmeyer  Marguerite Koch  Bente Aa. Lomstein  Henning S. Jensen 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2009,85(2):319-326

Sulfur and oxygen dynamics in the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme and their sediments were studied in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) in order to explore sulfide intrusion into tropical seagrasses. Four study sites were selected based on the iron concentration in sediments and on proximity to anthropogenic nutrient sources. Meadow characteristics (shoot density, above- and below-ground biomass, nutrient content) were sampled along with sediment biogeochemistry. Sulfide intrusion was high in T. testudinum, as up to 96% of total sulfur in the plant was derived from sediment-derived sulfides. The sulfide intrusion was negatively correlated to the turnover of sulfides in the sediments regulated by both plant parameters and sediment sulfur pools. Sediment iron content played an indirect role by affecting sulfide turnover rates. Leaf production was negatively correlated with sulfide intrusion suggesting that active growth reduced sulfide intrusion. Sulfide intrusion was lower in S. filiforme (up to 44%) compared to T. testudinum consistent with a higher internal nighttime oxygen concentrations found for S. filiforme. When S. filiforme can take advantage of its ability to maintain high internal oxygen concentrations, as was the case on the USVI, it could increase its success in colonizing unvegetated disturbed sediments with potentially high sulfide concentrations.  相似文献   

Mapping fisheries in the German exclusive economic zone with special reference to offshore Natura 2000 sites     

Søren Anker Pedersen  Heino O. Fock  Anne F. Sell 《Marine Policy》2009

Large intensity and diversity of human activities result in an increase in complexity in the utilization of space. This paper describes the fisheries and a method to map fishing efforts and catches of different fleets by combining vessel monitoring system (VMS) data and logbook data. The method makes it possible to explore the spatial and temporal variability of fishing and the potential impacts of proposed management measures on the fisheries. The method is proposed to be used in the development of management plans for marine protected areas such as Natura 2000 sites, designated to protect vulnerable habitats and species.  相似文献   

Introduction to the Proceedings of the ECONORTH Symposium on Ecosystem Dynamics in the Norwegian and Barents Sea     

Torstein Pedersen  Kurt S. Tande  John G. Pope   《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》2009,56(21-22):1893

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Urban environments in Africa: a critical analysis of environmental politics by Garth Myers     

Britta Ricker 《Urban geography》2019,40(1):162-163

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Testing accretion mechanisms of the H chondrite parent body utilizing nucleosynthetic anomalies     

Sren Grube Pedersen  Martin Schiller  James N. Connelly  Martin Bizzarro 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2019,54(6):1215-1227

Planetary bodies a few hundred kilometers in radii are the precursors to larger planets but it is unclear whether these bodies themselves formed very rapidly or accreted slowly over several millions of years. Ordinary H chondrite meteorites provide an opportunity to investigate the accretion time scale of a small planetary body given that variable degrees of thermal metamorphism present in H chondrites provide a proxy for their stratigraphic depth and, therefore, relative accretion times. We exploit this feature to search for nucleosynthetic isotope variability of ⁵⁴Cr, which is a sensitive tracer of spatial and temporal variations in the protoplanetary disk's solids, between 17 H chondrites covering all petrologic types to obtain clues about the parent body accretionary rate. We find no systematic variability in the mass‐biased corrected abundances of ⁵³Cr or ⁵⁴Cr outside of the analytical uncertainties, suggesting very rapid accretion of the H chondrite parent body consistent with turbulent accretion. By utilizing the μ⁵⁴Cr–planetary mass relationship observed between inner solar system planetary bodies, we calculate that the H chondrite accretion occurred at 1.1 ± 0.4 or 1.8 ± 0.2 Myr after the formation of calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs), assuming either the initial ²⁶Al/²⁷Al abundance of inner solar system solids determined from angrite meteorites or CAIs from CV chondrites, respectively. Notably, these ages are in agreement with age estimates based on the parent bodies’ thermal evolution when correcting these calculations to the same initial ²⁶Al/²⁷Al abundance, reinforcing the idea of a secular evolution in the isotopic composition of inner disk solids.  相似文献   

Stability of an immersed tunnel in offshore conditions under deep water wave impact     

T. Kasper  J.S. Steenfelt  L.M. Pedersen  P.G. Jackson  R.W.M.G. Heijmans 《Coastal Engineering》2008

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The potential of an electrostatically clean geostationary satellite and its use in plasma diagnostics     

K. Knott  P.M.E. Decreau  A. Korth  A. Pedersen  G.L. Wrenn 《Planetary and Space Science》1984,32(2):227-237

Electrostatic charging has given rise to problems on several geostationary spacecraft. This has led to a rigorous electrostatic cleanliness approach in the case of the scientific geostationary satellite GEOS in order to secure correct electric field and low energy plasma measurements. The present paper outlines the relevant charging mechanism, describes a new method for the determination of the equilibrium potential, and reports on actual potential measurements. The potentials observed are very closely related to the actual plasma conditions at the geostationary orbit. It is generally possible to use the potential measurements to characterize the particle population encountered by the spacecraft.Measurements carried out over a period of 4 years are presented by way of examples. A careful analysis shows that the chosen examples are representative and reflect the conditions observed on all other days of the mission. The results lead to the overall conclusion that the equilibrium potential of GEOS in sunlight is always moderately positive and only rarely exceeds + 10 V with respect to ambient space. At no instance in the sunlit portion of the orbit does the spacecraft assume a negative potential. We find that the observed moderate positive equilibrium potential generally is a function of cold plasma density. During the night and early morning part of the orbit we can, however, identify periods where the high energy particle population dictates the equilibrium potential. The electrostatic cleanliness design of GEOS avoids negative charging also under these conditions. In eclipse, a negative potential cannot be avoided but here the electrostatic cleanliness approach chosen for GEOS prevents any differential charging and avoids potentials of several thousand volts which have appeared on other satellites. The cost, in time and effort, of the precautions employed has clearly been justified. The specially developed techniques have since been used on other satellites and the lessons learned have also been applied successfully to operational spacecraft such as METEOSAT 2.  相似文献   

Three-dimensional image of the Moho undulations beneath the Gulf of Bothnia using wide-angle seismic data     

M. Ali Riahi  C.-E. Lund  Laust B. Pedersen 《Geophysical Journal International》1997,129(2):461-471

The BABEL marine seismic experiment has been carried out to investigate the lithospheric structure and antecedent tectonic signatures of the Baltic Shield, including the Archaean-Proterozoic collisional structure in the northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Lithospheric seismic-reflection streamer data and simultaneously recorded wide-angle reflection and refraction data collected in the Gulf of Bothnia as part of the BABEL project have been used for 3-D modelling. The distribution of land stations around the Gulf provides a good 3-D ray coverage of the PMP reflection data recorded at the eight stations in the area and allows an estimation of strikes and dips of the Moho boundary in the area. The traveltimes of reflected phases are calculated using a method that utilizes the finite-difference solution of the eikonal equation. The Moho wide-angle-reflection (PMP) traveltimes are modelled using an inversion method. A 2-D model from the Gulf of Bothnia extended into the third dimension is used as an initial model. During the inversion the velocity is kept constant and only the Moho boundary is allowed to vary. To estimate the strike of the Moho boundary and the stability of the inversion, two initial models with different strikes are examined.
The results indicate that the Moho depth in the Gulf of Bothnia undulates and has a maximum depth of 55 km in the south, rising to 42 km in the north. The Moho depth variations seem to be step-like. This change in the Moho depth coincides with the location of the presumed fossil subduction zone in the area. The crustal-thickness variations seem to be well approximated by a nearly 2-D structure striking parallel to a postulated subduction zone immediately to the south of the Skellefte area. The presence of the step at the crust/mantle boundary can be interpreted as a result of a plate-collision event at about 2 Ga.  相似文献