青藏高原东北缘玛沁-兰州-靖边剖面地壳上地幔电性结构研究

在青藏高原东北缘至鄂尔多斯地块沿玛沁—兰州—靖边剖面进行62个测点的大地电磁观测,采用Robust技术对观测数据进行了处理和张量阻抗分解.分析了视电阻率和阻抗相位曲线、二维偏离度、区域走向.采用RRI二维反演技术进行了资料的反演解释,二维剖面的电性结构显示：（1）玛沁断裂带、兰州深断裂带、马家滩—大水坑断裂带将剖面分为4个电性区块：巴颜喀拉地块、秦祁地块、边界带和鄂尔多斯地块.（2）区块1、2和4的地壳电性结构有类似特点：上地壳为高阻层,下地壳上部为低阻带,下地壳下部到上地幔电阻率随深度逐渐升高.区块3电性成层性差、结构复杂,是现今构造活动较强烈的地区.（3）玛沁断裂带、海原断裂带和罗山—云雾山断裂带为较陡立的超壳断裂带;西秦岭北缘断裂带为壳内断裂带.     

内蒙古锡林浩特-东乌旗剖面壳幔电性结构研究

为研究二连-东乌旗贺根山一带成矿构造环境,提供矿产资源勘查、预测、评价的地质背景依据,跨贺根山和锡林浩特板块缝合带一线布设了26个超宽频带长周期大地电磁测深点,点距3～6 km,剖面长度100 km,在对获取的资料采用Robust变换、互参考处理的基础上,定性分析了视电阻率和相位曲线、二维偏离度、电性主轴,并采用二维共...     

大地电磁资料的灵敏度研究

本文研究了大地电磁资料对地球电性结构模型参数的灵敏度,它在反演解释中具有重要意义.通过研究均匀半空间中视电导率资料的灵敏度函数与计算分析实际观测资料的Fréchet导数和斜率表明,视电导率资料的灵敏度在地表最大,从地表向下呈指数衰减,频率愈高,电导率愈大,衰减也愈快.视电阻率资料和阻抗相位资料对高频、浅层和低阻层具有更高的灵敏度,几何参数的平均灵敏度高于电性参数的平均灵敏度,通常阻抗相位资料比视电阻率资料更灵敏.同时,根据阻抗实部定义的视电阻率与Kunetz定义的时间域大地电磁响应,反映地层电性差异的灵敏度最高. 文章还指出,在实际的反演解释中,如何正确有效地应用阻抗相位资料,提高分辨能力,仍是急待解决的问题.     

THE USE OF VERTICAL LINE SOURCES IN ELECTRICAL PROSPECTING FOR HYDROCARBON*

Conventional electrical prospecting can be extended to the search for deep-seated hydrocarbon deposits, by using the steel casings of drill-holes as vertical line sources. These sources produce at depth a density of current higher than the density created by point sources located at the ground surface. Several tests have shown that the contrast of conductivity between resistive hydrocarbon deposits and the surrounding salt water produces relevant anomalies on a resistivity map obtained with vertical line sources, especially where there exists a superficial masking effect caused by a highly resistive layer. In a survey carried out in the USSR, combined measurements were performed, both with line source and with surface point sources. The detected residual resistivity anomaly roughly delineates the contours of the known hydrocarbon deposit.     

Deep geoelectrical models: geological and electromagnetic principles

An important result of recent years is the normal resistivity profile. It was obtained by interpretation of the combined apparent resistivity curve (magnetotelluric sounding and geomagnetic deep sounding) for the East European platform. This profile has no highly conducting layer and resistivity is greater than 100 ohm-m at asthenospheric depths. It corresponds well with geothermal indications of the absence of partial melting beneath the Precambrian plates. Nearly the same profiles have been obtained for the Canadian shield, and the Siberian and Australian platforms. Investigations carried out in many “hot” regions confirm the existence of a well-developed low-resistivity asthenosphere. Partially molten zones have conductances of about several thousand Siemens in the Eastern Pacific, Iceland and in the North American rift zone. Magnetotelluric soundings show that in many continental areas the lower part of the crust has low resistivity, in the range 10–20 ohm-m. Usually this crustal conductive layer is observed in regions of recent activity. Its total conductivity changes from several hundred to several thousand S. Many investigators propose that the most natural explanation of this conductivity is water solutions.It is necessary to note the distorting role of near-surface inhomogeneities. Local distortions can be eliminated by simple averaging of the experimental data. These average apparent resistivity curves are the starting point for the construction of deep geoelectrical models.     

Influence of Degree of Saturation in the Electric Resistivity–Hydraulic Conductivity Relationship

The relationship between aquifer hydraulic conductivity and aquifer resistivity, either measured on the ground surface by vertical electrical sounding (VES) or from resistivity logs, or measured in core samples have been published for different types of aquifers in different locations. Generally, these relationships are empirical and semi-empirical, and confined in few locations. This relation has a positive correlation in some studies and negative in others. So far, there is no potentially physical law controlling this relation, which is not completely understood. Electric current follows the path of least resistance, as does water. Within and around pores, the model of conduction of electricity is ionic and thus the resistivity of the medium is controlled more by porosity and water conductivity than by the resistivity of the rock matrix. Thus, at the pore level, the electrical path is similar to the hydraulic path and the resistivity should reflect hydraulic conductivity. We tried in this paper to study the effect of degree of groundwater saturation in the relation between hydraulic conductivity and bulk resistivity via a simple numerical analysis of Archie’s second law and a simplified Kozeny-Carmen equation. The study reached three characteristic non-linear relations between hydraulic conductivity and resistivity depending on the degree of saturation. These relations are: (1) An inverse power relation in fully saturated aquifers and when porosity equals water saturation, (2) An inverse polynomial relation in unsaturated aquifers, when water saturation is higher than 50%, higher than porosity, and (3) A direct polynomial relation in poorly saturated aquifers, when water saturation is lower than 50%, lower than porosity. These results are supported by some field scale relationships.     

电导率分层连续变化的水平层的大地电磁正演

用有限单元法进行电导率分层连续变化水平层的大地电磁正演计算，与解析法的计算结果进行对比，两者非常符合．算例表明，地表浅部岩层电导率的不均匀性对大地电磁测深曲线的高频段有较大影响．     

Stream bottom resistivity tomography to map ground water discharge

This study investigates the effectiveness of direct current electrical resistivity as a tool for assessing ground water/surface water interactions within streams. This research has shown that patterns of ground water discharge can be mapped at the meter scale, which is important for understanding stream water quality and ecosystem function. Underwater electrical resistivity surveys along a 107-m stream section within the Burd Run Watershed in South Central Pennsylvania identified three resistivity layers: a resistive (100 to 400 Ωm) surface layer corresponding to the streambed sediments, a conductive (20 to 100 Ωm) middle layer corresponding to residual clay sediments, and a resistive (100 to 450 Ωm) bottom layer corresponding to the carbonate bedrock. Tile probing to determine the depth to the bedrock and resistivity test box analysis of augered sediment samples confirmed these interpretations of the resistivity data. Ground water seeps occurred where the resistivity data showed that the residual clays were thinnest and bedrock was closest to the streambed. Plotting the difference in resistivity between two surveys, one conducted during low-stage and the other during high-stage stream conditions, showed changes in the conductivity of the pore fluids saturating the sediments. Under high-stream stage conditions, the top layer showed increased resistivity values for sections with surface water infiltration but showed nearly constant resistivity in sections with ground water seeps. This was expressed as difference values less than 50 Ωm in the area of the seeps and greater than 50 Ωm change for the streambed sediments saturated by surface water. Thus, electrical resistivity aided in characterizing ground water discharge zones by detecting variations in subsurface resistivity under high- and low-stream stage conditions as well as mapping subsurface heterogeneities that promote these exchanges.     

三河-平谷8级大震区地壳上地幔电性结构特征研究

用电磁阵列剖面法 (EMAP)、大地电磁测深方法 (MT) ,沿三河 -平谷 8级大震震源区 ,作了 31 8km长的EMAP探测和两条总长 150 0 5km共 36个点的MT探测。获得了研究范围内的地壳上地幔电性结构、高导层特征和陡变带、高导异常体、断裂展布、岩石圈结构等结果 ,为搞清地震危险区的深浅构造关系、从电性结构特征推测发震模式和预测未来强震的可能地点提供了介质电性的多种参数     

实际井眼条件下过套管电阻率测井响应的传输线方程正演算法

过套管电阻率测井通过测量套管壁电势实现测量地层视电阻率,不同的地层模型对过套管电阻率测井会有不同的测井响应. 在传输线方程系数中本文考虑了径向含多个界面地层的影响,对轴向（井轴方向）呈层状、径向阶跃变化地层模型,给出了电势分布递推公式,计算了过套管电阻率测井响应,绘出了测井响应曲线. 算例表明,该方法有较强的轴向地层界面分辨能力;对径向均匀地层计算结果非常接近地层模型电导率,能较好地反映实际地层特征;对高电导地层,低电导水泥环有明显的测井响应;当径向存在多个地层界面时计算结果则为径向各层电导率的综合反映,不是某一径向层的电导率;算例显示该方法有较快（算例运行时间在1s内）的计算速度.     

台址下表层介质电阻率变化对视电阻率观测值影响特征的初步研究

气候的交替变化将导致大地表层含水量发生变化，从而使该层介质的电阻率发生变化，进而使得观测结果(即视电阻率)发生变化，显然这对地震前兆观测而言是一种干扰。目前我国绝大多数前兆地电阻率台采用单极距观测方式，因此观测到的视电阻率变化应是表层变化(主要是干扰)和观测范围内深部变化(地下介质应力与应变状态发生变化)的综合反映。作先依据台址下的水平层状模型进行了模拟计算研究，发现大地表层含水量的变化对单极距四极装置视电阻率观测值的影响有两个特征：(1)无论台址下电阻率结构是下伏低阻还是下伏高阻，表层介质电阻率升高对观测值的影响都很小；(2)表层电阻率降低对观测值的影响很明显，且对下伏高阻结构的影响大于对下伏低阻结构的影响。然后用视电阻率实际观测资料说明了将其特征用于预报的可能性。     

MTS studies on the upper mantle conductivity in China

Based on the data from more than 200 MTS sites distributed within different areas of the Chinese continent, general characteristics of upper mantle conductivity have been described. At least two conductive layers have been found in the upper mantle of some areas. The first is thin with a resistivity of a modicum to few tens m; the second one is thicker with a resistivity of one to m. Nearly 300 heat-flow values indicate that there exists an exponential correspondent relationship between a depth of the upper mantle conductive layer with a thickness and an average value of heat flow. Based on the above results, the top depth map of this upper mantle conductive layer has been outlined for parts of the Chinese continent. This conductive layer is basically consistent with the low velocity zone in the upper mantle, and Cenozoic tectonism and current seismicity are significantly related to the variation of depth of the conductive layer in the upper mantle. The possible origins of the conductive layers in the upper mantle have been discussed here.     

THE THIN-LAYER PROBLEM IN GEOELECTRICAL PROSPECTING *

For a thin highly-conducting layer with given longitudinal conductance the recurrence formulae for an n-fold horizontally stratified subsoil are established for d.c. resistivity and magnetotelluric soundings. Similarly, a thin low conductivity layer with given transverse resistance is treated in the d.c. case and a non-conducting intermediate bed in magnetotellurics. Model curves for a thin high- or low-conductivity intermediate layer in the three-layer case have been carried out, which may serve as an extension of the well-known three-layer diagrams for a Schlumberger configuration. The corresponding model curves in magnetotellurics are given. By numerical comparison of these curves with real three-layer curves some diagrams have been developed to show the allowed thicknesses of the intermediate layer in the Schlumberger case and in the case of magnetotelluric sounding.     

Study of the Ability of the Magnetotelluric Method to Monitor Earthquakes

Most earthquakes on the Chinese mainland have occurred within the depth range of 10-25 km,which is usually called the seismogenic layer.According to the rule of penetration depth,the precursor of the electric anomaly,which is transferred from the seismogenic layer to the Earth's surface,should be very weak,but the ability to monitor earthquakes can be greatly improved if the field precursor effect is taken into consideration because of expansion of the electric anomaly area.The results of one-and two-dimensional modeling computations are consistent with the observed fact that the apparent resistivity decreases before earthquakes.This provides good evidence for our inference.The corresponding physical mechanism is that the conductivity of the anomaly area may be increased by the rock dilatation and fluid permeation due to the stress effect during the developing process of earthquakes.     

RESISTIVITY SOUNDING ON A THREE-LAYER TRANSITIONAL MODEL*

The expression for the potential due to a point source of current, placed on the surface of a horizontal three-layer earth, has been derived when conductivity in the second layer varies linearly with depth and changes abruptly at the boundaries. Master curves for Wenner and Schlumberger configurations have been presented for an insulating basement and for one value of conductivity gradient in the second layer.     

The competing impacts of geology and groundwater on electrical resistivity around Wrightsville Beach,NC

Measurements of electrical resistivity have long been used to find freshwater resources below the earth's surface. Recently, offshore resistivity and electromagnetic techniques have been used to map occurrences of submarine groundwater originating from the offshore extension of terrestrial aquifers. In many cases, observations of a high resistivity (low conductivity) anomaly in the seafloor are sufficient to suggest the presence of fresh (and less conductive) pore waters. Data from offshore Wrightsville Beach, NC show highly variable resistivity structure, with moderately high resistivity at depths of ～20 m subsurface that is at least in part caused by lithologic complexity in an underlying limestone unit, the Castle Hayne. These offshore results suggest caution in the interpretation of resistivity anomalies simply in terms of groundwater volumes. In contrast, low onshore resistivities show evidence for intrusion of saltwater into the subsurface beneath the beach, adjacent to areas of pumping for water supply.     

电导率随深度分层线性变化的大地电磁响应

本文在电导率随深度分层线性变化的地球模型上,研究了大地电磁的正演问题.由Airy微分方程导出了电场和磁场水平分量的解、地面阻抗的递推表达式和视电阻率的计算公式;并证明了分层线性模型与均匀层状模型一样,也存在高阻薄层的H等值性和低阻薄层的S等值性;总结了电导率随深度的变化率α,对大地电磁测深曲线的影响规律.     

Increased resolution of subsurface parameters from 1D magnetotelluric modeling

In electric and electromagnetic techniques, it is well known that the principle of equivalence poses a problem in the interpretation of subsurface layers. This means the inversion problem can provide the conductivity-thickness product more confidently than the individual parameters — conductivity and thickness — separately. The principle of equivalence corresponds to the middle layer in a three-layer earth structure. In order to resolve this problem, we have touched upon the different formulae of apparent resistivity proposed by earlier workers considering the real and imaginary parts of the impedance tensor and designed a new formula to compute apparent resistivity for different models. We observed that the application of our new formula for apparent resistivity using the combination of real and imaginary parts of the impedance has a better resolution as compared to earlier conventional formulae of apparent resistivity. These results have been demonstrated through both forward and inverse modeling schemes.     

Saturation effect on electrical properties of hematitic sandstone in the audio frequency range using non-polarizing electrodes

This paper is devoted to study the effect of saturation, with distilled water, on AC electrical conductivity and dielectric constant of a fully and partially saturated hematitic sandstone sample (Aswan area, Egypt). The saturation of the sample was changed from full saturation to partial saturation by air drying. Complex resistivity measurements at room temperature (∼16° C) were performed in the frequency range from 10 Hz to 100 kHz. We used non-polarizing Cu/CuSO₄ gel electrodes. Experimental electrical spectra indicate, generally, that the electrical conductivity and dielectric constant vary strongly with water saturation and frequency. The low-frequency electrical conductivity and dielectric constant are supposed to be mainly controlled by surface conduction and polarization of the electrical double layer. Power law behaviours with frequency were noticed. The change in electrical conductivity and dielectric constant with increasing water content is fast at low saturations and slow at high saturations. The behaviour of the electrical conductivity and dielectric constant, with increasing water content, was argued to be the orientational polarization of bound water for very low saturations, displacement of the excess surface charges for relatively low saturations and free exchange of excess ions in double layer with the bulk electrolyte and generation of transient diffusional potentials, which lag behind the applied field for high saturations in addition to membrane polarization on clay and at inter-grain and grain surface water throats having selective charge transport properties. Also, from the data a semi-percolation behaviour was found that has a peak of dielectric constant at a certain concentration and an abrupt change in conductivity at another saturation.     

层状介质中膨胀球模拟力源的应力——应变场与视电阻率的关系

本文研究了三层介质中膨胀球模拟震源的应力、应变场以及由这个应力、应变场产生的电阻率变化量和地表视电阻率变化的关系。结果表明,对于一定强度的“震源”,在地电装置探测范围内的应力场随具有不同弹性参数的层位有显著的变化;而应变场却看不出有明显的突变;由地表视电阻率变化量的计算结果揭示了地电异常受台站介质电性结构与力学结构的综合影响。因此作为预报地震的地电阻率法一方面要寻找具有高电阻率——应变灵敏度岩层的台址,另一方面台址的视电阻率变化对各层真电阻率变化要具有好的响应。