海岸效应对近海地区大地电磁测深数据畸变作用研究

在近海地区采集的大地电磁测深数据通常受到海岸效应的影响,使得大地电磁测深数据发生畸变,因而很难利用大地电磁测深资料较为可靠地获得地下深部的电性结构.本文通过正演模拟方法,分析和总结海水深度变化和海底地形变化对近海地区大地电磁测深数据的畸变影响.当测区与海岸线的距离小于目标频率的大地电磁场趋肤深度时,高导海洋的存在会严重影响测区内电磁场的分布.由于海岸效应的影响,大地电磁测深视电阻率曲线和相位曲线均会发生不同程度的畸变,在低频部分,这种畸变作用尤为明显.大地电磁测深一维Occam反演方法和二维非线性共轭梯度反演方法,对近海地区浅部地层具有较好的反演效果.随着海水深度的增加和海底地形的复杂变化,两种反演方法均会出现不同程度的假异常,为地质解释工作造成了影响.近渤海地区的实测大地电磁测深数据在低频部分可能受到海岸效应的影响而导致视电阻率曲线的严重畸变.     

南海天然气水合物远景区海洋可控源电磁探测试验

为了测试我国自主设计与研发的海洋可控源电磁仪器性能及其在水合物探测中的适用性,本文从海洋可控源电磁法基本原理出发,首先根据试验海域水合物地质特征,建立简化地电模型开展理论研究,确定海洋可控源电磁试验的技术方案;利用研发的海洋可控源电磁仪器,在南海天然气水合物远景区开展探测试验,首次获得了我国深水海域的海洋可控源电磁数据.通过对采集数据进行处理与反演,获得了试验剖面的海底电性结构模型,揭示了4号测点下方存在一个50m厚的高阻层,其电阻率为25Ωm、顶部埋深为181m,为该区天然气水合物调查提供了有价值的电性参考资料.研究结果表明,自主研发的海洋可控源电磁仪器性能达到了预期的设计指标,这标志着我国海洋可控源电磁探测技术向实用化进程迈出了重要一步.     

浅海域海底极低频电磁响应特征研究

极低频电磁探测方法(WEM)是一种新型人工源低频电磁探测技术,目前尚未见极低频电磁探测方法的海区研究,缺少相关经验.为测试WEM在海洋环境中的电磁响应特征,本文将"地-电离层"全空间电磁波传播理论应用到含海水介质的"地-电离层"全空间模型,由地表处数值格林函数出发,利用空气层与海水层界面谢昆诺夫势函数满足的边界条件,推导了海底界面的场强表达式.采用高采样密度的Hankel数字滤波方法进行数值模拟计算.为探究WEM在海洋油气资源探测中的适用性,建立简化海洋地电模型,通过分析WEM对不含异常体的背景场和含高阻油气异常体时的电磁响应曲线差异来检测WEM探测海底高阻油气层的可行性.并讨论不同观测方式、不同收发距以及海水层厚度、油气层埋深和油气藏厚度对WEM电磁响应特征的影响.研究结果表明,WEM可在数百千米收发距下探测浅海区域海底下方电性异常体的存在.     

我国深地资源电磁探测新技术研究进展

诸多研究表明我国深部资源潜力巨大,但目前的开发开采深度普遍停留在500 m以浅,开展"攻深探盲"是构建国家资源安全体系的有效途径.应用最先进的科学技术手段,提取深部地质信息,已成为我国当前地球物理科学研究的发展方向.作为地球物理学的重要分支,电磁法是矿产资源探查的主体手段之一.在分析我国现阶段航空、地面及海洋电磁探测技术进展的基础上,本文重点说明了极低频电磁法（简称WEM法）,多通道瞬变电磁法（简称MTEM）和电性源短偏移瞬变电磁法（简称SOTEM）等电磁探测新技术.WEM法建立一套包括岩石层、大气层和电离层在内的全空间电磁传播理论,通过新研制的观测系统,获取地下10 km的地电信息;MTEM方法是地下埋深4 km目标体精细勘查的有效手段;SOTEM实现地下1.5 km深度范围内目标体的精细探测.通过多种电磁探测技术组合,可实现地下10 km深度范围内多尺度探测,达到"望远镜+放大镜+显微镜"探测效果.同时,本文指出进一步研发与新方法配套的装备、资料处理技术和大数据人工智能识别等将是我国电磁法未来的发展方向.     

海底大地电磁数据采集器

进行海底大地电磁数据采集，需借助于专用的水下探测设备 . 虽然大地电磁测深法无论是仪器或是测量手段在陆地上的应用已较为成熟，但把该方法移 植到海洋中，还需解决一些与海洋探测有关的工程技术问题. 主要包括：水下电场信号的提 取，海底环境的监测，仪器在非实时监控运行中的纠错对策以及测量部件的密封承压等等 . 在研制海底大地电磁数据采集器的过程中，采用先进的材料工艺，高精度的电子线路，可 靠的软件编程以及牢固的器件安装结构，有效地解决了上述技术问题. 用所研制的仪器首次 在我国海域进行了探测试验.     

上地幔岩石的电性一温度依赖关系研究

大地电磁方法是地球物理电法的一个主要分支,目前已被广泛地用于深部地质构造的研究中.通过大地电磁方法获得地下介质电阻率(或电导率)参数的空间分布可为我们推断深部地质构造从电性的角度提供依据.而这种推断成立的基础主要建立在电性参数与其他物理参数之间广泛而深刻的内在联系上.其中,电性与温度之间的依赖关系因其在深部作用过程中所...     

海底可控源电磁接收机的电场低噪声观测技术

海洋可控源电磁方法是近些年兴起的一种海底以下介质电性结构地球物理探测方法,已成为海底油气及水合物探测的有效手段之一.根据趋肤效应及可控源电磁方法的特点,海底电场信号具有幅值微弱且动态范围大的特征.低噪声记录海底电场信号是海洋可控源电磁方法必须解决的关键技术之一.本文首先通过建立特定地电模型并进行数值模拟,讨论了收发距、发射频率等场源参数与电场分布的关系;然后通过电解法制备了低噪声海底电场传感器,研制了低噪声斩波放大器,开发了大动态范围ADC电路.通过室内及海洋试验验证了接收机电场通道的低噪声特性,海试结果表明系统本底噪声小于0.1nV/m/sqrt(Hz)@1 Hz,电场信号观测动态范围优于110dB@(fs=150Hz).     

可控源音频大地电磁测深法勘查深度研究

可控源音频大地电磁测深法的勘查深度问题在理论研究和实际工作中都得到了广泛的关注,本文分析了水平层状大地电磁正反演方法的基本原理,说明了可控源音频大地电磁测深法在深部勘查方面具有可靠性.通过建立两个三层地电模型,并对吉林某地区的CSAMT实测数据进行了带源反演成像,与已知钻井资料对比分析表明,可控源音频大地电磁测深法对地下1000~2000 m深度的反演较为准确,能够反映地下电性的垂向变化.     

南黄海海底大地电磁测深试验研究

针对南黄海盆地深层地震地质条件差,地震波受屏蔽,能量严重衰减,在海洋反射地震资料中很难识别反映中-古生界的反射地震波组,不能满足南黄海盆地前第三系油气资源前景评价的需要等问题,于2006年5月,开展了南黄海海域海底大地电磁测深试验,在盆地内五莲斜坡和胶州凹陷区布设了3个海底大地电磁测深点,取得了可靠的海底观测数据.本文详细阐述了海底大地电磁测深与常规大地电磁测深在数据处理方法上的差别,论述了海洋电磁噪声对海底大地电磁场观测的影响,提出了海底大地电磁场实测资料“水平姿态”校正、“方位”校正和“海洋电磁噪声”校正的方法.通过对试验观测资料的处理和反演,并结合地质、物性资料进行综合分析,结果表明在南黄海盆地海底以下深部还存留有古生代地层,这对于南黄海前第三系含油气前景的评价具有重要意义.试验结果也证明了海底大地电磁测深技术在研究古生代残留盆地方面的问题可以发挥相当好的作用.     

用大地电磁测深法探测深圳断裂带的结构特征

大地电磁测深方法应用于深圳城市活断层的探测,针对深圳断裂带进行了4条剖面的密集点距的大地电磁测量。采用远参考道数据观测与处理技术,尽可能地消除测点附近的电磁噪音影响,得到了较为光滑的视电阻率曲线。二维反演利用TM极化模式数据以及非线性共轭梯度法(NL-CG)获得了地下电性结构。结合已有的区域地层、岩体及断裂构造分布等地表地质成果,对2000m以上的电性剖面进行了分析,证实或发现了与电性分界带对应的2处区域性断裂(横岗-罗湖断裂与莲塘断裂)构造及7处局部断裂构造,并将测区分布的地层与电阻率变化相对应。通过5000m以上不同深度的电性水平切片,进一步反映了电性剖面所展示的局部断裂构造其实是测区主干断裂(横岗-罗湖断裂与莲塘断裂)在浅表的分支,它们在深部表现出趋于统一的展布特征。     

Signal detectability of marine electromagnetic methods in the exploration of resistive targets

We compare selected marine electromagnetic methods for sensitivity to the presence of relatively thin resistive targets (e.g., hydrocarbons, gas hydrates, fresh groundwater, etc.). The study includes the conventional controlled‐source electromagnetic method, the recently introduced transient electromagnetic prospecting with vertical electric lines method, and the novel marine circular electric dipole method, which is still in the stage of theoretical development. The comparison is based on general physical considerations, analytical (mainly asymptotic) analysis, and rigorous one‐dimensional and multidimensional forward modelling. It is shown that transient electromagnetic prospecting with vertical electric lines and marine circular electric dipole methods represent an alternative to the conventional controlled‐source electromagnetic method at shallow sea, where the latter becomes less efficient due to the air‐wave phenomenon. Since both former methods are essentially short‐offset time‐domain techniques, they exhibit a much better lateral resolution than the controlled‐source electromagnetic method in both shallow sea and deep sea. The greatest shortcoming of the transient electromagnetic prospecting with vertical electric lines and marine circular electric dipole methods comes from the difficulties in accurately assembling the transmitter antenna within the marine environment. This makes these methods significantly less practical than the controlled‐source electromagnetic method. Consequently, the controlled‐source electromagnetic method remains the leading marine electromagnetic technique in the exploration of large resistive targets in deep sea. However, exploring laterally small targets in deep sea and both small and large targets in shallow sea might require the use of the less practical transient electromagnetic prospecting with vertical electric lines and/or marine circular electric dipole method as a desirable alternative to the controlled‐source electromagnetic method.     

On the determination of marine magnetotelluric receiver orientation using land magnetic observatory data

Marine magnetotelluric measurements using “free‐fall’’ instruments without effective compasses suffer from the problem of unknown orientation of the receivers at the seafloor. While past works indicate that marine magnetotelluric orientation of the instruments can be estimated by reference to land deployments of known orientation using the transfer tensor method, there is limited published information on how this is implemented in practice. We document this method and propose a set of new time‐ and frequency‐domain approaches to solve this orientation problem of the seafloor receivers. We test these methodologies in onshore and offshore magnetotelluric data whose orientations are well known and apply these techniques to marine magnetotelluric data with unknown orientation. For the controlled tests, both time‐ and frequency‐domain approaches produce overall comparable results. To investigate the effects of the subsurface structure distribution on the orientation process, a dimensionality analysis of a controlled dataset is carried out. In subsequent analysis using the available disoriented marine magnetotelluric data from offshore Brazil and from the Vassouras magnetic observatory on the mainland for remote referencing, frequency‐domain methods yield approximate orientation angles among themselves with low standard deviation each. Time‐domain results are consistent for most cases but differ from frequency‐domain results for some situations.     

Magnetotellurics and radio-wave interference sounding

The plane harmonic electromagnetic fields are considered in the theory of magnetotelluric methods in the range of frequencies from 0.0001 Hz to 20 kHz. These fields are natural by their origin and contain information on the depths from tens of meters up to 100 km and more. The magnetotelluric soundings, which use the fields of radio stations, expand the frequency band almost up to 1 MHz and make it possible to study the depths from the first few meters. The method of radio-wave interference sounding supplements geoelectric prospecting on plane waves into the range of even higher frequencies (up to 100 MHz). In this case, the conduction and displacement currents become comparable, which makes it possible to distinguish objects both by their electrical conductivity and by their dielectric permittivity. For the two-layered model of a medium, there exist simple kinematic methods of data interpretation of a radio-interferometry sounding. Within multilayer, and especially horizontally heterogeneous, media, methods for solving equations of electrodynamics and inverse problems of geophysics are required. In the present paper, the foundations of the theory of radio-interferometry sounding, the methodology, its role in geoelectric prospecting, and the opportunities for the solution of geological problems are discussed.     

Two types of marine controlled source electromagnetic transmitters

Marine controlled source electromagnetic methods are used to derive the electrical properties of a wide range of sub‐seafloor targets, including gas hydrate reservoirs. In most marine controlled source electromagnetic surveys, the deep‐tow transmitter is used with a long horizontal electric dipole being towed above the seafloor, which is capable of transmitting dipole moments in the order of up to several thousand ampere‐metres. The newly developed deployed transmitter uses two horizontal orthogonal electrical dipoles and can land on the seafloor. It can transmit higher frequency electromagnetic signals, can provide accurate transmission orientation, and can obtain higher signal stacking, which compensates for the shorter source dipole length. In this paper, we present the study, key technologies, and implementation details of two new marine controlled source electromagnetic transmitters (the deep‐tow transmitter and the deployed transmitter). We also present the results of a marine controlled source electromagnetic experiment conducted from April to May 2014 in the South China Sea using both the deep‐tow transmitter and the deployed transmitter, which show that the two types of marine transmitters can be used as effective source for gas hydrate exploration.     

Petroleum Electromagnetic Prospecting Advances and Case Studies in China

Remarkable progress has been made in electromagnetic (EM) techniques as applied to the petroleum industry in instruments, data acquisition, and processing and interpretation in China. Included here is equipment, such as high-power Controlled Source EM (CSEM) acquisition systems, acquisition methods, such as the three dimensional small-bin Continuous Electromagnetic Array acquisition method, Time and Frequency Domain Controlled Source Electromagnetic, Borehole-to-surface Electromagnetic technique and marine magnetotelluric method. Data processing methods, such as fast three dimensional inversion using nonlinear conjugate gradients, and data interpretation methods, like Induced Polarization and Resistivity anomalies for hydrocarbon detection, are also included. These new techniques have been applied in petroleum survey and many cases are in complicated areas. They have successfully served the investigation of deep igneous rock reservoirs, and prediction of potential hydrocarbon targets. The cases indicate that electromagnetic techniques can help seismic survey to effectively detect hydrocarbon reservoir and remarkably improve drilling successes.     

综合电磁法在矿区深部成矿机制中的应用研究——以皖南乌溪多金属矿区为例

乌溪矿区介于长江中下游多金属成矿带与华南成矿带之间,是江南造山带上的一个找矿新区.本文在这一找矿新区开展了有效的电磁方法综合勘探,试图对该区深部成矿机制进行研究.我们收集了该区的地质地球化学资料,从地质地球化学资料中分析了区域成矿背景;我们还采集了区域出露的主要岩石类型,在实验室开展物性测定,在此基础上选择了三种电磁方法开展研究区的野外测量.通过地面高精度磁测、激发极化法和可控源音频大地电磁法(CSAMT)三种地球物理方法,开展了研究区的磁化率、极化率和电阻率的分布特征研究.深入分析了地质、地球化学和地球物理三种资料与成矿的关系,相互约束,探讨成矿模型、成矿机制和成矿的可能性,推测可能的矿体赋存位置和深度范围.在地球物理研究结果基础上,结合地质和地球化学背景资料,构建了研究区的成矿动力学模型,推测了研究区成矿机制,揭示了矿区的成矿潜力.综合所得结果布设了钻孔,钻探结果揭示了研究区深部存在强烈矿化蚀变和强蚀变斑岩,初步确认为斑岩型矿床,与CSAMT剖面的解释结果基本一致,也与推测的测区内深部成矿机制相吻合.钻孔结果和地球物理结果的一致性以及对已构建的成矿动力学模型的支持,充分证明了综合电磁方法在斑岩型多金属矿床的发现和预测中的重要作用,同时斑岩型矿床的确认进一步印证了华南成矿带与俯冲作用形成的成矿带的相似性,从而推动整个华南地区的成矿地质研究.     

我国磁法勘探的研究与进展

简要概述了我国磁法勘探50年来的研究与进展，主要包括：地面、航空与海洋磁测工作，磁力仪研制与生产，磁异常处理与转换技术，磁异常解释理论与方法，岩石磁性研究，磁法勘探在基础地质研究、固体矿产勘查、油气勘查和其他领域中的应用．     

深水大地电磁数据采集的若干理论要点与仪器技术

深水环境下进行大地电磁数据采集,信号幅值微弱,高频分量被严重衰减;仪器承载的环境压力巨大,且伴随底流推曳、淤泥吸附等不利因素;海上作业情况复杂多变,带给设备投放与回收诸多困难.针对这些特殊问题,从理论上分析了大地电磁场在海水及其以下层状介质中的传播规律,计算了电场与磁场随不同水深的衰变比值,研讨了与仪器上浮速度相关的物理因素;从技术上阐述海底大地电磁仪的工作原理,包括信号传感器、数据采集器、声控释放单元以及机械组装部件等等.整套仪器信号分辨率达到nV级,频带宽度为10~0.3×10^-3 Hz,最大工作水深4000 m.该仪器搭载“海洋六号”科学考察船,在我国南海中沙群岛海域进行了国内首次深水环境下的大地电磁数据采集试验.结果显示,所研发的仪器性能指标吻合先前的理论推算值,达到设计要求.我国的海底大地电磁探测技术已完全享有自主的知识产权.     

地震作用下横断层地质金属成矿带电法找矿成果研究

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