电性任意各向异性且分块连续变化CSAMT三维有限元数值模拟

考虑地球介质电导率任意各向异性且随空间位置连续变化的情况,本文实现了直接求解电磁场的可控源音频大地电磁测深（CSAMT）三维有限元数值模拟.首先给出了电导率任意各向异性介质中CSAMT二次电场满足的控制方程及其相应变分问题,然后采用任意六面体单元对研究区域进行剖分,在网格单元中对任意各向异性电导率进行线性插值,解决了实际工作中岩矿石电导率各向异性且连续变化的情况,将变分问题转化为线性代数方程组的求解.电导率各向异性且连续变化一维模型三维有限元数值模拟结果与电导率各向异性且分层均匀渐进模型解析解结果对比验证了方法的有效性;三维地电模型电导率随位置线性变化且各向同性、主轴各向异性、方位各向异性和倾斜各向异性的数值模拟结果表明,电导率各向异性且连续变化对CSAMT视电阻率和相位数据均有明显的影响.     

电导率各向异性的海洋电磁三维有限单元法正演

本文提出了一种基于非结构化网格的海洋电磁有限单元正演算法.为了回避场源奇异性,文中选用二次场算法,将背景电阻率设置为水平层状且各向异性,场源在水平层状各向异性介质中所激发的一次场通过汉克尔积分得到.基于Coulomb规范得到二次矢量位和标量位所满足的Maxwell方程组,通过Galerkin加权余量法形成大型稀疏有限元方程,采用不完全LU分解(ILU)预条件因子的quasi-minimum residual(QMR)迭代解法对有限元方程进行求解得到二次矢量位和标量位;进而,利用滑动平均方法得到二次矢量位和标量位在空间的导数,由此得到二次电磁场;通过一维模型对算法的可靠性进行验证,与此同时,针对实际复杂海洋电磁模型,比较有限元模拟结果与积分方程模拟结果,进一步验证算法精度.若干计算结果均表明,文中算法具有良好的通用性,适用于井中电磁、航空电磁,环境地球物理等非均匀且各向异性介质中的电磁感应基础研究.     

电导率任意各向异性海洋可控源电磁三维矢量有限元数值模拟

现有海洋可控源电磁三维数值模拟方法大多基于电导率各向同性介质理论,不能模拟海底地层电导率各向异性的实际情况.本文给出了电导率各向异性三维介质中电性源海洋可控源电磁二次电场的边值问题以及相应的变分问题,采用长方体单元对研究区域剖分,将场分量定义在剖分单元的边上,利用矢量有限单元法求解变分问题,实现了电导率任意各向异性海洋可控源电磁三维矢量有限元数值模拟.这个新的正演方法可以计算电导率任意各向异性三维地电模型的海洋可控源电磁响应,基于二次场矢量有限元法直接求解电磁场,避免了传统有限元方法可能遇到的伪解问题和难于处理电场法向分量不连续的问题,提高了数值模拟计算精度.一维电导率各向异性模型电磁场数值解与解析解吻合得相当好,无论在源附近还是远离源处相对误差均不超过1%.电导率各向异性二维模型的计算结果与已有文献采用的非结构有限元模拟结果十分吻合.三维地电模型数值模拟结果显示,电导率各向异性张量电导率主轴分量和欧拉角对不同装置海洋可控源电磁响应均有着明显的影响.     

2.5维电导率正交各向异性海洋可控源电磁等参有限元数值模拟

本文实现了2.5维电导率正交各向异性海洋可控源电磁等参有限元数值模拟.利用傅里叶变换导出了电导率正交各向异性2.5维海洋可控源电磁法波数域电磁场耦合方程,采用伽里金加权余量法推导了相应的有限元方程;采用任意四边形单元对研究区域进行剖分,在单元中进行双二次插值,将有限元方程化为线性代数方程组;最后,求解线性方程组并进行反傅里叶变换获得空间域电磁场值.这个方法可以模拟海底起伏地形条件下地下任意形状电导率正交各向异性的复杂模型.与一维模型的数值模拟结果对比表明,电磁场数值解与解析解吻合.二维模型的计算结果与二维自适应非结构有限元模拟结果也吻合.水平海底二维地电模型考察了不同各向异性系数对海洋可控源电磁响应的影响特征.海底起伏地形地电模型的数值结果表明,电导率各向异性对海洋可控源电磁响应影响明显,有可能淹没海底地形和高阻油气藏引起的异常.     

Trefftz method for the solution of three-dimensional forward and inverse problems of geoelectrics

The Trefftz method is applied to the numerical solution of the three-dimensional (3D) forward problem for an electromagnetic field harmonically oscillating with time in a 3D environment, which ensures the possibility to solve a 3D inverse problem. Here, the known idea of simultaneous joint interpretation of the tangential components of electric and magnetic fields measured on the Earth's surface, which was suggested by A.N. Tikhonov for the development of the electromagnetic sounding method, is employed in the context of the numerical-analytical representation of the forward problem solution in accordance with the Trefftz method. Application of this method allows enables one to generalize the basic plane-stratified vertically 1D model of the medium by allowing for lateral variations in electric conductivity.     

基于二次场电导率分块连续变化的三维可控源电磁有限元数值模拟

从电偶源三维地电断面可控源电磁法的二次电场边值问题及其变分问题出发,采用任意六面体单元对研究区域进行剖分,并且在单元分析中同时对电导率及二次电场进行三线性插值,实现电导率分块连续变化情况下,基于二次场的可控源电磁三维有限元数值模拟.这个新的可控源电磁三维正演方法可以模拟实际勘探中地下任意形状及电性参数连续变化的复杂模型.理论模型的计算结果表明,均匀大地计算的视电阻率误差和相位误差分别为0.002%和0.0005°.分层连续变化模型的有限元计算结果表明,其与对应的分层均匀模型解析结果有明显差异.三维异常体组合模型以及倾斜异常体等复杂模型的有限元计算结果也有效地反映了异常形态.     

DETERMINATION OF ELECTRIC ROCK PARAMETERS FROM THE FIELD STRUCTURE OF A MAGNETIC DIPOLE*

In the theoretical part of the present paper, formulas have been analyzed for a magnetic dipole in a homogeneous and unbounded medium. The magnetic field is elliptically polarized in the region between the quasistatic zone and the far field. Since the position and the shape of the polarization ellipses depend on the complex wave number, k, it is possible to determine k by measuring the polarization ellipses. From k, the conductivity and the dielectric constant of the medium are easily calculated. The functions required for the measuring method have been computed and plotted in graphs. In the experimental part it was examined how far the theory may be applied to measurements of propagation through rock at frequencies ranging from 100-1000 kHz. These measurements showed that reasonably defined mean values of rock parameters can be given only if the deviations of the field from the theoretically expected field are not too high. These deviations have been named field distortions and have been examined by means of statistical methods (variance ratio tests). Gallery cavity and inhomogeneity or anisotropy of the medium account for these distortions.     

双轴各向异性介质中回线源瞬变电磁三维拟态有限体积正演算法

采用模拟离散的有限体积法实现了双轴各向异性地层回线源瞬变电磁三维正演.首先引入内积定义,采用自然边界条件,将瞬变电磁法的控制方程转化为弱形式表示.将计算区域划分为一系列的控制体积单元,采用交错网格对控制方程进行模拟有限体积空间离散,包括旋度算子离散和空间内积离散.基于斯托克斯定理的旋度积分定义公式实现旋度算子离散.中点平均实现电导率双轴各向异性的空间内积离散,从而得到离散化的控制方程.时间步迭代采用无条件稳定的欧拉后向差分格式.并通过均匀全空间中稳定电流回线源的磁场解析表达式得到回线源初始时刻的电磁场分布.为了同时保证计算精度和效率,本文采用分段等间隔的时间步迭代,利用直接法求解器PARDISO实现其快速求解.最后通过对比层状模型和各向异性半空间模型的正演计算结果,验证了本文算法的计算精度和计算效率;计算三维双轴各向异性模型的正演响应可知,水平方向电导率变化对电磁响应产生显著影响,而垂直方向的电导率变化对电磁响应几乎没有影响.产生这一现象的主要原因是回线源产生的感应电流主要是水平方向的,因此响应主要受到水平方向电导率的影响,垂直方向的电导率影响很小.     

Elongated horizontal and vertical receivers in three-dimensional electromagnetic modelling and inversion

Electromagnetic geophysical methods often rely on measurements of naturally occurring or artificially impressed electric fields. It is technically impossible, however, to measure the electric field directly. Instead, the electric field is approximated by recording the voltage difference between two electrodes and dividing the obtained voltage by the distance between the electrodes. Typically, modelling and inversion algorithms assume that the electric fields are obtained over infinitely short point-dipoles and thus measured fields are assigned to a single point between the electrodes. Such procedures imply several assumptions: (1) The electric field between the two electrodes is regarded as constant or being a potential field and (2) the receiver dimensions are negligible compared to the dimensions of the underlying modelling grid. While these conditions are often fulfilled for horizontal electric fields, borehole sensors for recordings of the vertical electric field have dimensions in the order of ≈100 m and span several modelling grid cells. Observations from such elongated borehole sensors can therefore only be interpreted properly if true receiver dimensions and variations of electrical conductivity along the receiver are considered. Here, we introduce a numerical solution to include the true receiver geometry into electromagnetic modelling schemes, which does not rely on such simplifying assumptions. The algorithm is flexible, independent of the chosen numerical method to solve Maxwell's equations and can easily be implemented in other electromagnetic modelling and inversion codes. We present conceptual modelling results for land-based controlled source electromagnetic scenarios and discuss consideration of true receiver geometries for a series of examples of horizontal and vertical electric field measurements. Comparison with Ez data measured in an observation borehole in a producing oil field shows the importance of both considering the true length of the receiver and also its orientation. We show that misalignment from the vertical axis as small as 0.1° may seriously distort the measured signal, as horizontal electric field components are mapped into the desired vertical component. Adequate inclusion of elongated receivers in modelling and inversion can also help reducing effects of static shift when interpreting (natural source) magnetotelluric data.     

回线源瞬变电磁法有限体积三维任意各向异性正演及分析

目前,瞬变电磁法(TEM)数据基本都是基于各向同性模型进行反演解释,这对于存在明显电性各向异性的勘探区域会产生较大的反演解释误差.为分析电各向异性对回线源瞬变电磁信号的影响方式与程度,本文通过求解离散化的全张量电导率时间域Helmholtz方程,实现了基于有限体积法的TEM任意各向异性的三维正演算法.该算法采用基于交错网格的拟态有限体积法(MFV)对时域Maxwell方程组进行空间域离散,并利用后退欧拉算法(Backward Euler Method)进行时间域离散.为提高时域电磁场的求解精度与效率,该算法将时间分段等步长算法与方程直接求解法相结合.通过对一维各向异性模型以及三维复杂各向同性模型进行测试,验证了本算法对于回线源瞬变电磁响应计算的正确性及有效性.最后,通过对几类典型电各向异性介质中大回线源瞬变电磁信号响应的分析,总结了不同电各向异性类型对TEM电磁信号的影响模式,结果表明,主轴各向异性情况下TEM信号主要受水平方向电导率的影响,倾斜各向异性对TEM信号的影响程度远大于水平各向异性,而通过水平各向异性信号能较清晰判断出各向异性主轴方向.     

单一层面高频电偶极子场的近似计算

本文对一个倾斜平面界面的高频电磁波场近似计算问题做了解答。这是钻井高频电磁波勘探方法中的基本问题。文中写出了问题的严格解,并用鞍点法对φ=0的条件,得出其近似计算式和数值结果.这个结果具有便于计算和明确的物理意义。根据计算结果,指出了特别在高导介质中,界面附近的干涉异常,必须予以充分重视。     

双轴各向异性介质多分量感应测井响应快速计算

为研究双轴各向异性介质多分量感应测井响应特征,本文基于三重傅里叶变换,推导任意方向偶极子源的谱域电磁场解析式;采用围线积分方法,自适应截断积分区间,结合谱域电磁场周期特性,实现三重傅里叶变换的精确快速积分;进而,针对双轴各向异性倾斜地层,模拟研究不同纵横向各向异性条件多分量感应测井响应特征.结果表明:利用谱域内电磁场在周向的周期特性简化解析式,可将计算速度提高4倍;自适应截断积分区间方法保证了计算精度,并极大地减少了积分节点数.对于倾斜双轴各向异性介质,倾角较大时,共面分量可反映地层横向各向异性,同轴分量可反映地层纵向各向异性;倾角较小时,同轴分量可反映地层横向各向异性,共面分量可反映地层纵向各向异性.     

频散介质中地质雷达波传播的数值模拟

地质雷达所探测的地球介质常常具有频散性．为了研究地质雷达在频散介质中的探测能力,提出了频散介质中时间域有限差分法计算麦克斯韦方程的方法,给出了满足Debye关系的频散介质中的电位移和磁场的迭代算法,以及由电位移计算电场的算法．只有在电场计算时才用到介质的物性参数．提出一种新的吸收边界条件的算法,通过增加假想的介电常数和磁导率,实现了吸收层中波的无反射衰减,克服了以往Berenger完全匹配层计算时对场进行分裂带来的麻烦,从而提高了计算效率．计算实例表明,频散介质中电磁波的衰减更快,测量信号变得很弱．     

Seismoelectric numerical simulation in 2D vertical transverse isotropic poroelastic medium

Seismoelectric coupling in an electric isotropic and elastic anisotropic medium is developed using a primary–secondary formulation. The anisotropy is of vertical transverse isotropic type and concerns only the poroelastic parameters. Based on our finite difference time domain algorithm, we solve the seismoelectric response to an explosive source. The seismic wavefields are computed as the primary field. The electric field is then obtained as a secondary field by solving the Poisson equation for the electric potential. To test our numerical algorithm, we compared our seismoelectric numerical results with analytical results obtained from Pride's equation. The comparison shows that the numerical solution gives a good approximation to the analytical solution. We then simulate the seismoelectric wavefields in different models. Simulated results show that four types of seismic waves are generated in anisotropic poroelastic medium. These are the fast and slow longitudinal waves and two separable transverse waves. All of these seismic waves generate coseismic electric fields in a homogenous anisotropic poroelastic medium. The tortuosity has an effect on the propagation of the slow longitudinal wave. The snapshot of the slow longitudinal wave has an oval shape when the tortuosity is anisotropic, whereas it has a circular shape when the tortuosity is isotropic. In terms of the Thomsen parameters, the radiation anisotropy of the fast longitudinal wave is more sensitive to the value of ε, while the radiation anisotropy of the transverse wave is more sensitive to the value of δ.     

QUASI-ANALYTIC CONVOLUTION SOLUTION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD*

The objective of this study is to generate the separation-distance-domain (r-domain) transformation of the theoretically calculated wave number domain (m-domain) electromagnetic induction field component B_z(m, ω) of a stratified medium and to search for interpretive information which has been absent in the previously achieved numerical solutions of the problem. The r-domain kernel R?(r, ω) function defining the induction field appears to adequately reflect the layering and electrical properties of the medium if it is expressed as a function of the frequency if the source-receiver separation r is small with respect to the thickness of the first layer. However, exact values of the conductivity cannot be distinguished from those of the neighboring values unless a resistive basement layer is present. This feature is the result of the truncation in series representation of the kernel function R?(m, ω). However, this truncation is regarded as significant in the case of a conductive first layer. In m-domain static-zone studies, a conductive first layer slightly influences its r-domain correspondent. Although the computational cost of obtaining the kernel B(r, ω) by evaluation of the convolution in a cylindrical coordinate system is high, this semi-analytic solution is still superior to those based on the asymptotic assumptions.     

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD OF SOURCES AT THE SURFACE OF A HOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTING HALFSPACE WITH HORIZONTAL ANISOTROPY: APPLICATION TO FISSURED MEDIA*

The electric and magnetic fields generated by horizontal electric and vertical magnetic dipoles lying on the surface of a conducting medium with horizontal anisotropy are investigated. Full expressions of their Fourier transforms are given, and the fields for a vertical magnetic dipole are calculated numerically. The radial and vertical magnetic components are found to be independent of the receiver-transmitter direction, whereas the other magnetic and electric components strongly vary with this direction. These results give useful criteria for defining the direction and amplitude of anisotropy from ground data; a ground experiment on fissured limestone was found to confirm the expected variations of the various field components. It is believed that this electromagnetic method can be used in order to provide information about the direction and amplitude of electric anisotropy.     

Anisotropy Versus Heterogeneity in Continental Solid Earth Electromagnetic Studies: Fundamental Response Characteristics and Implications for Physicochemical State

Electrical anisotropy, the effect of current density in a medium being a function of the orientation of the electric field, is being recognized increasingly as an important effect in explaining Earth electromagnetic observations. A consideration of anisotropy, however, in most cases is an admission of spatial aliasing in earth structure, wherein the averaging volume of diffusive EM fields may be greater than the characteristic dimensions of a family of oriented structures, thus leading to a response which is equivalent to a bulk anisotropic medium. Even for two-dimensional geometries, there can be strong non-parallelism of principal axes of vertical magnetic field relative to the impedance over broad areas, as well as impedance phase variations which leave normal quadrants, if there are multiple directions of anisotropy or anisotropy strike distinct from bulk geometric (2D) strike. This paper concentrates on experience with regional field studies in continental settings where bulk anisotropy is apparent. Upper crustal anisotropy may result from preferred orientations of fracture porosity, or lithologic layering, or oriented heterogeneity. Lower crustal anisotropy may result from preferred orientations of fluidized/melt-bearing or graphitized shear zones, but does not necessarily reflect current state of stress per se. In the upper mantle, the prior causes all may act in pertinent domains, but added to these is the possibility of strong electrical anisotropy due to hydrous defects within shear-aligned olivine crystals (solid-state conduction). Several field examples from continental MT investigations will be discussed, which roughly fall into active transpressional, active transtensional, and fossil transpressional regimes. A general challenge in interpreting data with apparent anisotropic effects is to establish the tradeoff between heterogeneity and anisotropy in the inversion of EM responses.     

Investigating peat hydrological properties using field and laboratory methods: application to the Lanoraie peatland complex (southern Quebec,Canada)

Flow dynamics within a peatland are governed by hydraulic parameters such as hydraulic conductivity, dispersivity and specific yield, as well as by anisotropy and heterogeneity. The aim of this study is to investigate hydraulic parameters variability in peat through the use of different field and laboratory methods. An experimental site located in the Lanoraie peatland complex (southern Quebec, Canada) was used to test the different approaches. Slug and bail tests were performed in piezometer standpipes to investigate catotelm hydraulic conductivity. Combined Darcy tests and tracer experiments were conducted on cubic samples using the modified cube method (MCM) to assess catotelm hydraulic conductivity, anisotropy and dispersivity. A new laboratory method is proposed for assessing acrotelm hydraulic conductivity and gravity drainage using a laboratory experimental tank. Most of slug tests' recovery curves were characteristic of compressible media, and important variability was observed depending on the initial head difference. The Darcy experiments on cubic samples provided reproducible results, and anisotropy (K_h > K_v) was observed for most of samples. All tracer experiments displayed asymmetrical breakthrough curves, suggesting the presence of retardation and/or dual porosity. Hydraulic conductivity estimates performed using the experimental tank showed K variations over a factor of 44 within the upper 40 cm of the acrotelm. The results demonstrate that the intrinsic variability associated with the different field and laboratory methods is small compared with the spatial variability of hydraulic parameters. It is suggested that a comprehensive assessment of peat hydrological properties can be obtained through the combined use of complementary field and laboratory investigations. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electric field data in inductive source electromagnetic surveys

Measurement of the electric field data due to an inductive loop source in a controlled source electromagnetic survey is not common, because electric field data, usually involving grounded electrodes, are expensive to acquire and difficult to interpret. With the recently developed capability of versatile three‐dimensional inversion, we revisit the idea of measuring electric field in a large ground loop survey for mineral exploration. The three‐dimensional modelling and inversion approach helps us quantitatively understand the detectability and recoverability of the proposed survey configuration. Our detectability study using forward modelling shows that the relative anomaly (percentage difference) in electric field does not decay with a lower induction number, but the conventional magnetic field data (dB/dt) does. Our recoverability study examines how much and what kind of information can be extracted from electric field data for the reconstruction of a three‐dimensional model. Synthetic inversions show the following observations. (i) Electric field data are good at locating lateral discontinuity, whereas dB/dt has better depth resolution. (ii) Electric field is less sensitive to the background conductivity and, thus, is prone to misinterpretation because of a bad initial model in inversion. We recommend warm‐starting the electric field inversion with an initial model from a separate dB/dt inversion. (iii) Electric field data may be severely contaminated by near‐surface heterogeneity, but an inversion can recover the deep target concealed by the geologic noise. (iv) Even one line of single‐component electric field data can greatly improve the horizontal resolution in a dB/dt inversion. Finally, we investigate a field dataset of both electric field and dB/dt measurements at a uranium deposit. The field example confirms that the electric field and magnetic field data contain independent information that is crucial in the accurate recovery of subsurface conductivity. Our synthetic and field examples demonstrate the benefit of acquiring electric field data along with magnetic field data in an inductive source survey.     

用传播矩阵法研究层状正交各向异性地层中多分量感应测井响应

本文采用传播矩阵技术研究并建立了层状正交各向异性地层中多分量感应测井响应的有效算法.首先通过Fourier变换将频率空间域中的Maxwell方程组求解问题转化为频率波数域中关于电磁场水平分量常微分方程组的定解问题.利用该方程组系数矩阵的本征值和归一化本征向量将电磁场分解成上行波和下行波模式的组合,推导出均匀正交各向异性介质中由任意方向磁偶极子产生的电磁波模式解析表达式;在此基础上,利用叠加原理和边界条件研究了电磁波在层状正交各向异性地层中的反射和透射,给出各个界面上的广义反射系数和不同地层中电磁波振幅的递推公式,进而得到电磁波模式的解析解.为了有效确定频率空间域中的电磁场,采用二维Patterson自适应求积算法结合有限连分式展开技术计算傅氏逆变换.最后通过数值模拟结果证明了该算法的有效性,考察了不同各向异性系数、不同井眼倾角以及仪器长度和工作频率变化等情况下的多分量感应测井响应特征.