Magnetotelluric investigations for imaging electrical structure of Garhwal Himalayan corridor,Uttarakhand, India     

M. Israil  D. K. Tyagi  P. K. Gupta  Sri Niwas 《Journal of Earth System Science》2008,117(3):189-200

Magnetotelluric investigations have been carried out in the Garhwal Himalayan corridor to delineate the electrical structure of the crust along a profile extending from Indo-Gangetic Plain to Higher Himalayan region in Uttarakhand, India. The profile passing through major Himalayan thrusts: Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFF), Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Main Central Thrust (MCT), is nearly perpendicular to the regional geological strike. Data processing and impedance analysis indicate that out of 44 stations MT data recorded, only 27 stations data show in general, the validity of 2D assumption. The average geoelectric strike, N70°W, was estimated for the profile using tensor decomposition. 2D smooth geoelectrical model has been presented, which provides the electrical image of the shallow and deeper crustal structure. The major features of the model are (i) a low resistivity (<50Ωm), shallow feature interpreted as sediments of Siwalik and Indo-Gangetic Plain, (ii) highly resistive (> 1000Ωm) zone below the sediments at a depth of 6 km, interpreted as the top surface of the Indian plate, (iii) a low resistivity (< 10Ωm) below the depth of 6 km near MCT zone coincides with the intense micro-seismic activity in the region. The zone is interpreted as the partial melting or fluid phase at mid crustal depth. Sensitivity test indicates that the major features of the geoelectrical model are relevant and desired by the MT data.  相似文献   

The electrical structure of the Slave craton   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Alan G. Jones  Pamela Lezaeta  Ian J. Ferguson  Alan D. Chave  Rob L. Evans  Xavier Garcia  Jessica Spratt 《Lithos》2003,71(2-4):505-527

The Slave craton in northwestern Canada, a relatively small Archean craton (600×400 km), is ideal as a natural laboratory for investigating the formation and evolution of Mesoarchean and Neoarchean sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Excellent outcrop and the discovery of economic diamondiferous kimberlite pipes in the centre of the craton during the early 1990s have led to an unparalleled amount of geoscientific information becoming available.

Over the last 5 years deep-probing electromagnetic surveys were conducted on the Slave, using the natural-source magnetotelluric (MT) technique, as part of a variety of programs to study the craton and determine its regional-scale electrical structure. Two of the four types of surveys involved novel MT data acquisition; one through frozen lakes along ice roads during winter, and the second using ocean-bottom MT instrumentation deployed from float planes.

The primary initial objective of the MT surveys was to determine the geometry of the topography of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) across the Slave craton. However, the MT responses revealed, completely serendipitously, a remarkable anomaly in electrical conductivity in the SCLM of the central Slave craton. This Central Slave Mantle Conductor (CSMC) anomaly is modelled as a localized region of low resistivity (10–15 Ω m) beginning at depths of 80–120 km and striking NE–SW. Where precisely located, it is spatially coincident with the Eocene-aged kimberlite field in the central part of the craton (the so-called “Corridor of Hope”), and also with a geochemically defined ultra-depleted harzburgitic layer interpreted as oceanic or arc-related lithosphere emplaced during early tectonism. The CSMC lies wholly within the NE–SW striking central zone defined by Grütter et al. [Grütter, H.S., Apter, D.B., Kong, J., 1999. Crust–mantle coupling; evidence from mantle-derived xenocrystic garnets. Contributed paper at: The 7th International Kimberlite Conference Proceeding, J.B. Dawson Volume, 1, 307–313] on the basis of garnet geochemistry (G10 vs. G9) populations.

Deep-probing MT data from the lake bottom instruments infer that the conductor has a total depth-integrated conductivity (conductance) of the order of 2000 Siemens, which, given an internal resistivity of 10–15 Ω m, implies a thickness of 20–30 km. Below the CSMC the electrical resistivity of the lithosphere increases by a factor of 3–5 to values of around 50 Ω m. This change occurs at depths consistent with the graphite–diamond transition, which is taken as consistent with a carbon interpretation for the CSMC.

Preliminary three-dimensional MT modelling supports the NE–SW striking geometry for the conductor, and also suggests a NW dip. This geometry is taken as implying that the tectonic processes that emplaced this geophysical–geochemical body are likely related to the subduction of a craton of unknown provenance from the SE (present-day coordinates) during 2630–2620 Ma. It suggests that the lithospheric stacking model of Helmstaedt and Schulze [Helmstaedt, H.H., Schulze, D.J., 1989. Southern African kimberlites and their mantle sample: implications for Archean tectonics and lithosphere evolution. In Ross, J. (Ed.), Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Vol. 1: Their Composition, Occurrence, Origin, and Emplacement. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication, vol. 14, 358–368] is likely correct for the formation of the Slave's current SCLM.  相似文献   

地形对大地电磁测深(MTS)资料的影响   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

晋光文  孙洁  王继军 《地震地质》1997,19(4):76

地形影响是山区ＭＴＳ工作的主要问题之一，对此做了理论分析并用均匀半空间表面二维地形模型进行了数值模拟。结果表明，地形影响不仅与ＭＴＳ资料的种类、极化模式、场源电磁波周期及测点位置有关，而且还依赖于不同的地形形态和尺度。此外，还根据悬崖模型计算，给出了关于地形影响范围的估  相似文献   

大地电磁二维层状模型参数化反演          下载免费PDF全文

杨长福  林长佑 《地震工程学报》1994,16(4):10-19

本文针对目前二维反演存在求解参数过多和求其偏导数困难的两个问题，在近年来关于连续介质二维大地电磁测深资料快速反演的理论基础上，对二维层状模型反演的目标函数，进行线性近似，采用加权法来近似计算二维模型参数的偏导数。从而实现比较快速的二维层状模型的参数化反演。理论模型的反演试验表明，反演迭代可以较快地以足够的精度拟合视电阻率和相位资料，并收敛接近理论模型。  相似文献   

祁连山中段深部电性结构及潜在震源危险区的研究   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

张云琳  安海静 《中国地震》1994,10(1):62-71

位于青藏高原北缘的祁连山中段是地震十分活跃的地区之一。本课题采用ＭＴ重复测量方法，在该区建立的长约４００ｋｍ的剖面上进行监测。本文根据监测所获取的ＭＴ参数，从静态的角度探讨了该区深部电性结构及其电性横向变化特征，进而评估了该区的潜在震源区。研究发现，该区深部介质电性的物质特征有：１．部分地带呈现出剧烈的电性横向变化，２．具有极为发育的特殊增厚的壳内高导层地段，３具有高、低热流的过渡边缘地带，４．具有与活动大断裂相交汇的隐伏断裂构造的局部地段。近年来该区地震活动增强，数次中强地震都发生在具有上述特征的地带中，该地带将可能是祁连山中段的强震－大震潜在震源危险区。这四种电性特征将是潜在震源区的判别标志。  相似文献   

大地电磁响应函数估算中改进的多道相关函数法及误差的综合评价          下载免费PDF全文

林长佑  武玉霞 《地球物理学报》1989,32(2):236-241

近年来,有关大地电磁响应函数估算中消除偏离误差、减少随机误差、评价结果质量方面已有许多研究。Lienert等（1980）提出的多道相关函数法以下式为基础:  相似文献   

大地电磁视电阻率和阻抗相位资料的联合解释   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

晋光文 《地震地质》1987,9(4):81

本文叙述了大地电磁视电阻率和阻抗相位资料联合解释的原理与计算方法。通过具体算例的分析,表明该方法是正确有效的,而且在缩小多解性方面,要比单纯的视电阻率资料反演法或阻抗相位资料反演法优越  相似文献   

大地电磁一维连续介质反演的曲线对比法   总被引：13，自引：3，他引：13       下载免费PDF全文

徐世浙  刘斌 《地球物理学报》1995,38(5):676-682

根据电磁波的传播特性，把视电阻率随周期变化的曲线转化为电阻率随深度变化的曲线，并以此作为初始反演的地电模型．通过初始地电模型得到的视电阻率曲线与真实模型的视电阻率曲线的对比，对初始地电模型的电阻率值进行校正．校正后的反演模型的视电阻率曲线与真实模型的视电阻曲线的拟合程度有所提高．然后如此反复进行多次校正，获得与真实模型更为接近的反演模型，反演的拟合误差一般小于ｌ％．模型试验和实际例子表明，该方法的拟合程度优于Ｂｏｓｔｉｃｋ法．  相似文献   

TWO DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT-BOUNDARY ELEMENT COUPLING MODEL OF MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING          下载免费PDF全文

Luo Huan-yen  Zhang Shu-xia 《地震地质》1987,9(2):9

This paper describes how to apply the boundary element method to solve 2-D magneto-telluric sounding problem and then couple the BEM with finite element method to deal with inhomogeneous geological structure and its relation to regional stress regime. The BEM is able to calculate precisely the derivative of field variables. Such a new approach can more flexibly than others set up the upper boundary condition of the air region. Two practical examples are given. One is the study of topographical effect on the MT fields using boundary element method. There is an inverse relationship between the change of apparent resistivity and the topographical variation. The other is a coupled model of a basin in Nei Monngol Autonomous Region. A lower resistivity zone must exist in the crust and should be thicker below the central portion of the basin. This seems to agree with the regional stress regime changed from extension in Mesozoic to compression in Cenozoic  相似文献   

苏北地区大地电磁测深采集方法技术研究     

许建荣杨生  李爱勇 《江苏地质》2005,29(4):211-214

根据苏北地区大地电磁勘探环境特点进行了电极距长度、磁场位置和采集时长的试验工作，确定了大地电磁测深勘探技术参数设置下限，电极距长度不能小于50m，采集时间要大于8h，磁距应控制在2km范围内。  相似文献