A PULSED PLASMA JET ACOUSTIC SOURCE FOR PROFILING THE OCEAN FLOOR1

A plasma gun source has been successfully used to obtain sub-bottom profiles. The profiles show better penetration than with a 3-5 kHz source and more resolution than with an air gun. The plasma gun source is compact, self-contained, and requires no complex auxiliary equipment. The device was deployed from large research vessels and a small boat. The plasma gun produces sufficient acoustic energy and with its characteristically short pulse length and broad bandwidth it is an attractive sub-bottom profiler, especially in shallow fresh or salt water.     

无限饱水孔隙弹性空间中由运动源所产生的位移场

基于Ｂｉｏｔ的饱和孔隙弹性介质的运动方程和利用复变函数方法，本文研究了无限饱水孔隙弹性空间中由常速运动源所产生的位移场。考虑了两种类型源：ａ．沿无限空间水平轴运动的斜向集中力源；ｂ．运动双力偶源。关于力源的运动速度，考虑了４种情形：ａ．力源的运动速度Ｕ小于饱水孔隙弹性介质的三种体波速度一亚音速情形；ｂ．速度Ｕ小于介质的第一纵波过度和横波速度，但大于第二纵波速度─—弱跨音速情形；ｃ．速度Ｕ小于第一纵波速度，但大于横波速度和第二级波速度─—强跨音速情形；ｄ．速度Ｕ大于介质的所有三种体波速度─—超音速情形。结果表明，在跨音达和超音速情形里，解呈现出与力源相联系的平面冲击波特征，位移出现了相应的跳跃。     

THE USE OF MARINE SEISMIC PROFILING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT1

One application of marine seismic profiling that has an especially auspicious future is the delineation, and possible identification, of anomalously reflective material accumulated in the sediments of rivers, bays and estuaries. Analogue field data are presented which illustrate that such sediments are associated with strong sequences of multiple reflections. The rate of decay of these sequences indicates the magnitude of the reflection coefficients and the relative polarity of wavelets indicates whether they are positive or negative. If zero-offset field geometry and digital recording are used, it is possible to compare wavelets within a sequence and thereby determine acoustic impedance contrasts from which sediment density can be inferred. If the source is sufficiently broadband, it becomes possible to determine absorption characteristics as well. Two principal problems arise when analysing multiple sequences; adequate data acquisition and suitable geometric corrections. Having solved these, this type of analysis could lead to the seismic identification of sea-floor materials. Since anomalous material is often associated with effluent, the method can become an important tool in the growing effort to monitor and improve environmental quality.     

PSEUDOREFLECTION PROFILING METHOD: AN EFFICIENT COMPLEMENT TO CDP METHOD1

A method for pseudoreflection profiling (PRP) is presented. By using transmission seismograms, this method produces time sections similar to those obtained using the common depth point (CDP) method. Pseudoreflection profiles are obtained using the following procedure. Equivalent transmission responses at sites on soft deposits are derived by Wiener filter estimation using seismograms acquired on the sites and on the basement rock. These responses are substituted into the Claerbout-Kunetz equation to obtain the pseudoreflection profiles. A 3D subsurface model is produced when the PRP method is applied to explosion seismograms. The time sections thus obtained are consistent with those obtained using the CDP method in a neighbouring area. The maximum station interval for obtaining coherent profiles with this method is estimated to be one quarter of the wavelength of the transmitted waves. This technique should be used in combination with another method such as the CDP method because it has two weak points: the velocity structure cannot be obtained directly and undesirable waves cannot be eliminated through processing.     

DETECTION OF LATERAL VARIATIONS IN GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY GRADIENT PROFILING1

Hydrogeological problems which involve the determination of lateral variations in structures or physical properties may be solved with electrical resistivity gradient profiling if there are significant variations in electrical resistivity, spatially or temporally. The method is explained, evaluated for sensitivity, compared with other methods, and applied to the location of volcanic dike zones that are impounding an anomalous water body near Schofield, Oahu, Hawaii. From the electrical soundings and other independent data, the lateral positions of the boundaries have been refined and their nature estimated.     

SECONDARY SHEAR WAVES FROM SOURCE BOREHOLES1

Previous studies of radiation from point sources in fluid-filled boreholes have most often been based on far-field, stationary phase analysis. In these papers, the explicit contribution of the borehole itself acting as a waveguide has not been properly considered, with a few exceptions. In general, these studies accurately describe S-wave radiation in high-velocity rocks such as granites and limestones and P-wave radiation in most rocks, and experiments have confirmed this. However, tube waves directly influence the external wavefield and in fact create a shear-wave ‘wake’ outside the borehole due to constructive interference of tube-wave emission if a velocity condition is met. This constructive interference or wake is generated when the tube-wave velocity is greater than the shear-wave velocity. When this happens, a tube-wave complex pole invalidates the mathematical assumptions for stationary phase analysis and the stationary phase predictions do not agree with experimentally derived radiation patterns. Shales at shallow depths and other soft sediments characteristically have tube-wave velocities greater than shear-wave velocities. Because the tube-wave is of relatively high amplitude compared to body waves generated directly by the source, these secondary shear waves can be the highest amplitude arrivals on receiver arrays. The shape and properties of these secondary shear waves are calculated and shown to have identical properties to Mach waves of aerodynamics and seismology. For instance, these waves are geometrically conical and the aperture of the cone and the moveout velocity can be calculated. This paper also demonstrates the important effect that casing has on the Mach waves and provides predictions about when these waves are likely to be observed. Finally, evidence of Mach waves in data sets is examined and it is shown how these waves have been confused with receiver borehole tube waves. It is possible, though rare, that the tube-wave velocity of the borehole is greater than the compressional-wave velocity of the surrounding medium. In this case secondary compressional or compressional Mach waves would be generated although this problem is not addressed here.     

FIELD RESULTS WITH DOWNWARD CONTINUATION TECHNIQUE IN INDUCED POLARIZATION PROFILING USING POINT ELECTRODES1

The method of downward continuation is well known to those working in gravity, magnetic, SP and low-frequency electromagnetic exploration. It is demonstrated that the method of continuation can also be usefully employed in the interpretation of induced polarization gradient profiling using point electrodes to determine target depth. The apparent resistance R_a and chargeability M_a measurements obtained with point electrode excitation of the ground have been used to compute the values of (R_a)_l and (M_a)_l that would be obtained with a linear array. Continuation of the apparent polarizability profile thus obtained with the linear array gives a value for the depth of the target which agrees closely with that obtained by the continuation of the SP profile. On the other hand, continuation of the profile of the secondary transient signal (V_S)_L alone, yields a depth of the target which is in agreement with the borehole information. However, it is seen that the secondary transient voltage profiling response splits into two anomalies which fall on either side of the SP and/or (M_a)_l anomaly centre, and does not coincide with that of the latter.     

EFFECTIVENESS OF WIDE MARINE SEISMIC SOURCE ARRAYS1

In recent years, the use of wide source arrays in marine seismic surveys has been a topic of interest in the seismic industry. Although one motivation for wide arrays is to get more guns in a source array without increasing the in-line array dimension, wide arrays can also provide the benefit of suppressing side-scattered energy. Comparisons of common midpoint (CMP) stacks of data acquired offshore Washington and Alaska with wide and conventional-width source arrays, however, show only small and sometimes inconsistent differences. These data were acquired in areas where side-scattered energy is a problem. Comparisons of pre-stack data, however, show substantial differences between the wide and conventional source array data. The disparity between the stacked and prestack data is explained by analysing the effective suppression of back-scattered energy by CMP stacking. Energy reflected from scatterer positions broadside to a given CMP location has a lower stacking velocity than that of the primary reflection events. Thus, CMP stacking attenuates the side-scattered energy. In both survey areas the action of CMP stacking was so powerful in suppressing the broadside energy that the additional action of the wide array was inconsequential in the final stacked sections. In other areas, where the scattering velocity is comparable to the primary stacking velocity, wide arrays could provide considerable advantage. Even though CMP stacked data from wide and conventional-width arrays may appear similar, the reduced amount of side-scattered energy in wide-array prestack data may provide a benefit for data dependent processes such as predictive deconvolution and velocity analysis. However, wide arrays cannot be used indiscriminately because they can degrade cross-dipping primary events. They should be considered primarily as a special tool for attacking severe source-generated noise from back-scattered waves in areas where the action of CMP stacking is insufficient.     

地震孕育的包体总崩溃理论(一)——异性介质内嵌椭圆的应力场

本文推导了二维无限介质内嵌异性介质椭圆的弹性应力场分布.指出 B. T. Brady 在其包体地震理论中的两个错误,即远场双向压力下对剪切断层而言,包体内与椭圆短轴平行的应力不是张应力;而剪切力也不是位置的函数,它不是二次量值,不能忽略.      

The Use of Wave-field Directivity for Velocity Estimation: Moving Source Profiling (MSP) Experiments at KTB

—Within the "Integrated Seismics Oberpfalz 1989 (ISO89)" a three-component Moving Source Profiling (MSP) experiment, also named walk-away VSP, was carried out at the drilling site of the "Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (KTB)" in Germany. Analysis of transmitted waves traveling from the source locations at the surface down to the receiver array in the borehole reveals velocity information about the illuminated part of the subsurface. Complementary to the widely used evaluation of travel-time perturbations to locate velocity inhomogeneities we suggest the use of the directivity of transmitted wave types down in the borehole. To determine the wave-field directivity we focus on transmitted arrivals by employing principles of "Controlled Directional Reception (CDR)." We calculate local slant-stacks for three different depth positions as a function of the source offset, thus obtaining the variation of the vertical slowness (vertical ray parameter) of incident waves along the horizontal source profile and the vertical receiver array. The slowness data combined with travel times are interpreted by forward modeling taking into account geological information of the survey area. Our findings confirm results from gravity measurements which suggest the existence of large amphibolite/metabasite complexes in the vicinity of the borehole. The described method is also used to identify P-to-S converted energy originating from fracture zones above the receiver array and to locate the region in which conversion occurs.     

FIXED LOOP SOURCE EM MODELLING RESULTS USING 2D FINITE ELEMENTS1

Among electromagnetic sounding techniques, the Mélos method possesses the specific feature of including an apparent resistivity computation. This acts as a normalizing scheme so that 2D modelling results can be obtained without accounting for a true 3D source. However, in order to get reliable numerical modelling results for a 2D magnetic dipole source, improved algorithms are required in order to apply the standard finite-element technique: quadratic basis functions must be used in place of linear basis functions, and a more sophisticated method than conventional ones is necessary for properly solving the resulting system of linear equations. Such modelling results have been used to study theoretical responses for the Mélos method in the search for conductive bodies in mineral exploration. Two sets of models are presented and discussed. They show that the typical Mélos response to a conductive target is a bipolar anomaly on the apparent resistivity pseudo-section, with a conductive pole at low frequency which is centred above the target.     

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY SEISMIC SOURCE FOR USE IN BOREHOLES1

A borehole sparker seismic source enclosed in a semi-flexible tube has been developed to produce a short compressional seismic pulse with a frequency content in the range 250 Hz to 3.5 kHz with a peak power at 570 Hz. The pulse shape and frequency content are shown to be a function of the input power, the diameter of the spark chamber, the salinity of the electrolyte, the material of the spark chamber and the electrode configuration. When in a borehole, the source produces a vertically polarized shear wave but, being similar to a small explosive charge does not allow phase reversal as a means of identifying the shear wave in the received pulse train. The source is shown to be ideal for tomographic imaging surveys because of its repetitive nature, high frequency content and reliability. Very high resolution seismic reflection surveys are also shown to be possible under favourable circumstances.     

有限元直接迭代算法及其在线源频率域电磁响应计算中的应用

采用有限元直接迭代算法实现了线源频率域测深电磁响应的二维正演计算. 首先给出了线源正演问题的有限元直接迭代格式,然后由迭代法进行求解. 在处理奇异源问题上,采用向内递推的组合网格技巧,在源点附近可进行局部加密,并实现粗细网格的对接,从而较好地解决了奇异源附近的计算问题. 还提出一种迭代求取全区视电阻率的方法,避免了远近区的划分. 通过对均匀半空间、层状介质和二维模型电磁响应的计算,获得了与大地电磁测深相似的视电阻率曲线,验证了算法的正确性;通过对计算结果的分析,在理论上说明了线源频率域近区测深的可行性.     

有限元直接迭代算法及其在线源频率域电磁响应计算中的应用

采用有限元直接迭代算法实现了线源频率域测深电磁响应的二维正演计算. 首先给出了线源正演问题的有限元直接迭代格式,然后由迭代法进行求解. 在处理奇异源问题上,采用向内递推的组合网格技巧,在源点附近可进行局部加密,并实现粗细网格的对接,从而较好地解决了奇异源附近的计算问题. 还提出一种迭代求取全区视电阻率的方法,避免了远近区的划分. 通过对均匀半空间、层状介质和二维模型电磁响应的计算,获得了与大地电磁测深相似的视电阻率曲线,验证了算法的正确性;通过对计算结果的分析,在理论上说明了线源频率域近区测深的可行性.     

1986年8月26日门源6.4级地震及其强余震的震源机制解

1986年8月26日17时43分在甘青交界的青海门源北(北纬37°42′,东经101°34′)发生了一次6.4级地震。随后,在主震周围100公里范围内发生了一系列的余震。到9月底为止,据初步统计该区内共发生大小余震达700次。野外宏观考察结果表明,这次地震和其余震发生在祁连山脉的冷龙岭主峰附近,震中位置高达5200米以上。研究这次地震序列的发震机制,     

天祝-古浪5.4级地震前震源区应力场的短临变化特征

利用矩张量反演方法反演了 1996年 6月 1日天祝 -古浪 5 .4级地震序列的震源机制 ,并与该区小震综合断层面解进行了比较。在此基础上讨论了该地震前后震源区应力场的变化特征。     

Contents of Volume 1 (2003)

Volume Contents

Contents of Volume 1 (2003)