THE MECHANISM OF DIURNAL VARIATION IN CONSECUTIVE APPARENT RESISTIVITY OBSERVATION

Parts of the consecutive apparent resistivity monitoring stations of China have recorded clear diurnal variations. The relative amplitudes of diurnal variations at these stations range from 1.3‰ to 5.8‰. The daily accuracies of apparent resistivity observation are better than 1‰, because the background electromagnetic noise is rather low at these stations. Therefore, the diurnal variations of apparent resistivity recorded at these stations are real phenomena. The diurnal variation shapes can be divided into two opposite types according to their characteristics. One type is that the apparent resistivity data decreases during the daytime but increases during the nighttime(Type 1). The other type is the apparent resistivity data increases during the daytime but decreases during the nighttime(Type 2). There is a correspondence between the diurnal and annual variation patterns of apparent resistivity. For the monitoring direction with diurnal variation of Type 1, the apparent resistivity decreases in summer and increases in winter. However, for the monitoring direction with diurnal variation of Type 2, the apparent resistivity increases in summer and decreases in winter. We take an analysis on the mechanism of apparent resistivity diurnal variation, combining the influence factors of water-bearing medium's resistivity, the electric structure of stations, and the apparent resistivity sensitivity coefficient(SC)theory. Intuitively, diurnal variation of apparent resistivity is caused by diurnal variation of medium resistivity in the measured area. The diurnal variation of medium resistivity will inevitably be caused by the factors with diurnal variation. Among the possible factors, there is diural variation in earth tide and temperature. Our analysis displays that apparent resistivity diurnal variation is not caused by the usually-believed earth tide, but by the ground temperature difference between daytime and nighttime. The earth tide strain is too small to cause remarkable effects on the apparent resistivity data. On the other hand, the daily tide strain has two peak-valley variations, and its phase and amplitude has a period of approximate 28 days. However, the apparent resistivity data do not show these corresponding features to earth tide. Furthermore, the detection range of current apparent resistivity stations is within a depth of several hundred meters. Within this depth range, the medium deformation caused by solid tide can be regarded as uniform change. Therefore, all monitoring directions and all stations will have the same pattern of diurnal variation. In general, the temperature increases in the daytime but decreases in the nighttime. For most water-bearing rock and soil medium, its resistivity decreases as temperature increases and increases as temperature decreases. Diurnal temperature difference affects about 0.4m of soil depth. Therefore, resistivity of this surface thin soil layer decreases in the daytime while increases in the nighttime. Under layered medium model, SC of each layer represents its contribution to the apparent resistivity. For the stations with positive SC of surface layer, apparent resistivity decreases in the daytime but increases in the nighttime. While for the stations with negative SC of surface layer, apparent resistivity diurnal variations display the opposite shape.     

地表点电流对地电阻率观测的影响

将地电阻率台站地下介质简化为水平层状均匀介质模型,以点电流模拟地表干扰电流源,针对对称四极观测装置,计算干扰源电流增减及位置变化对地电阻率观测的影响。结果表明,地电阻率的受干扰程度取决于地表干扰点电流的大小、在测区的方位及距中心点的距离。     

四0四多极距地电阻率年变化特征分析

采用2018年6月—2020年6月间ZD8MI地电阻率多极距观测系统在四0四台的观测数据,分析各测道的年变化特征,发现随着观测极距的不同各测道年变特征也不同;通过不同极距实验观测和年变化模拟分析表明,浅层电阻率的变化相对较大,而深层的变化相对较小,四0四台的年变化是由浅层介质电阻率随温度的季节性变化引起的,不同测道的年变形态受浅层不同深度介质电阻率的变化出现相位差异。因此利用多极距观测系统进行不同深度范围的地电阻率观测,对定量识别表层非震干扰显得尤为重要。     

蒙城地震台地电阻率各向异性参量研究

地电阻率各向异性参量计算方法是由钱复业,赵玉林等研究出来的方法。我们试用该方法编制相应的计算机程序,对蒙城地震台1978～2008年地电阻率的数据进行处理;并结合震例进行对比分析,发现对于震中距300km内的中强震,与地电阻率各向异性参数的趋势性变化存在密切的关系;地电阻率各向异性参量特征可以反映孕震区地下介质的孕震信息,对未来地震的预测将起到一定作用。     

中强地震前地电阻率异常变化的研究

研究了华北地区中强地震前地电阻率异常变化的基本特征，对已发生的中强以上地震前的部分地电异常变化及其与地震３要素的关系再次进行了总结和研究，指出地电阻率异常变化可能对判断地震趋势及对华北地区的短临预报跟踪有参考意义。     

模拟单一介质火区试验研究及数据分析

目前国内外有关自燃火区覆盖岩层介质极化率、介质电阻率与温度三者关系研究较少.本文通过室内的多参数试验台,使用直流电法仪在各测点上进行多个AB/2值的视极化率和视电阻率数据的采集,同步采集相应三维空间点的温度值.通过整理、分析、归纳和对比试验数据揭示热源上单一介质覆岩的各参数之间的关系.由于深度、视极化率、视电阻率与温度之间复杂的非线性关系,最后本文以某点为研究对象,利用BP神经网络对该问题进行探讨研究.     

频域激发极化法中体极化与面极化内在联系的探讨

矿化的体极化介质,其激发极化效应来自其中所含电子导电矿物颗粒的表面极化效应。基于上述认识,本文从理论上推导出含球状电子导体的体极化介质复电阻率的“微观”数学表达式。将它与体极化介质复电阻率的“宏观”表达式--Cole-Cole模型相比较,得出了:1.Cole-Cole模型中的特征参量与球状电子导体的表面极化系数、含量以及导体半径等的综合关系式;2.电子导体表面极化系数在频域中的一般表达式。这表达式同目前在实验室中观测到的结果是一致的。     

随深度指数变化的视电阻率解

从横向均匀介质满足的基本方程出发,得到视电阻率核函数的一阶非线性微分方程,通过方程求解,并利用滤波系数法容易得到电阻率随深度任意变化的视电阻率问题。当各层介质电性结构随深度呈指数变化时,还可得到各层之间核函数的递推关系,这对实际介质的正反演问题都有重要意义和应用价值。     

Sensitivity of transversal apparent resistivity to the changes in electrical resistivity of the elements of a 2D geoelectrical structure

The sensitivity of transversal apparent resistivity to the changes in the electrical resistivity of elements of a two-dimensional (2D) geoelectrical structure is studied by numerical modeling. This sensitivity is found to have a series of specific features, due to which the monitoring of transversal apparent resistivity can serve as a helpful addition to the monitoring of longitudinal apparent resistivity to trace the dynamics of subsurface and shallow crustal elements of the medium. It is shown that the method previously suggested for the inversion of relative changes in apparent resistivity into relative changes in electrical resistivities of the elements of the geoelectrical structure is applicable to the transversal electrical resistivity.     

Generalized effective medium resistivity model for low resistivity reservoir

With the advancement in oil exploration,producible oil and gas are being found in low resistivity reservoirs,which may otherwise be erroneously thought as water zones from their resistivity.However,the evaluation of low resistivity reservoirs remains difficult from log interpretation.Since low resistivity in hydrocarbon bearing sands can be caused by dispersed clay,laminated shale,conductive matrix grains,microscopic capillary pores and high saline water,a new resistivity model is required for more accurate hydrocarbon saturation prediction for low resistivity formations.Herein,a generalized effective medium resistivity model has been proposed for low resistivity reservoirs,based on experimental measurements on artificial low resistivity shaly sand samples,symmetrical anisotropic effective medium theory for resistivity interpretations,and geneses and conductance mechanisms of low resistivity reservoirs.By analyzing effects of some factors on the proposed model,we show theoretically the model can describe conductance mechanisms of low resistivity reservoirs with five geneses.Also,shale distribution largely affects water saturation predicted by the model.Resistivity index decreases as fraction and conductivity of laminated shale,or fraction of dispersed clay,or conductivity of rock matrix grains increases.Resistivity index decreases as matrix percolation exponent,or percolation rate of capillary bound water increases,and as percolation exponent of capillary bound water,or matrix percolation rate,or free water percolation rate decreases.Rock sample data from low resistivity reservoirs with different geneses and interpretation results for log data show that the proposed model can be applied in low resistivity reservoirs containing high salinity water,dispersed clay,microscopic capillary pores,laminated shale and conductive matrix grains,and thus is considered as a generalized resistivity model for low resistivity reservoir evaluation.     

起伏地形条件下层状介质的视电阻率计算及其在地电前兆分析中的应用

本文以二维层状介质模型为基础利用边界单元法,对地形起伏所引起的视电阻率变化进行了数值模拟,探讨了水平层状介质表层存在不规则地形条件下地电阻率的理论计算方法,并讨论了地形对地电前兆复杂性的影响。结果表明,起伏较大的地形变化对视电阻率相对变化量中的深层电阻率变化有减小作用,这就降低了地电观测资料中包含的深层电性信息的比例,因而对突出地电观测资料中孕震变化的成份是不利的。     

北京市延庆地震台地电阻率长程观测数据研究

分析北京延庆台1988年以来地电阻率观测资料的可靠性,讨论归一化变化速率方法,用以处理该台地电阻率长程观测数据;结合北京及邻近地区近三十年来发生的7次中强地震,研究该台地电阻率异常与地震的对应关系。结果表明:延庆台地电阻率观测对附近的中等以上地震和远距离大震有一定的映震能力,可为今后该台附近及邻近地区的地震提供中、短期预测预报参考依据;同时该台在中国大陆及周边远距离大震前也观测到了时间上对应的地电阻率异常。     

Modeling Electrical Field Distribution in Layered Geological Rock Formations with a Borehole Using the Coulomb Charges Method

The Coulomb charges method is used to model apparent resistivity measurements carried out in layered geological formations with a borehole using various devices. It is characterized by a high level of effectiveness and accuracy. The results are compared with the theoretical solutions for a homogenous medium with the borehole and invaded zone for point current source lateral devices. The relative error was less than 2% for different values of the range of the invaded zone and resistivity of invaded and true resistivity of formation.     

代县地电阻率降雨影响及数值模拟

多年观测数据表明,代县地电阻率年变受降雨影响比较显著,通过褶积滤波法获取降雨量对视电阻率的影响值,定量分析降雨与视电阻率的相关性。在此基础上,利用代县地电阻率电测深数据及相关地质资料,建立三维有限元模型,模拟降雨对地电阻率的影响,进一步确定降雨对视电阻率影响的物理机制。结果表明:降雨是造成代县地电阻率年变的主要因素,且与视电阻率呈正相关性;降雨造成表层介质含水饱和度发生变化,使得相应电阻率下降近10倍,从而引起地电阻率年变幅度发生近1/10的改变。     

3-D Magnetotelluric Exploration of Tenerife Geothermal System (Canary Islands,Spain)

The resistivity structure of the Tenerife geothermal system has been determined by the 3-D inversion of data from different magnetotelluric surveys. In this paper, the ocean and topography effects on the magnetotelluric data were investigated by constructing a 3-D conceptual geoelectrical model of the island. The study showed that these effects should be taken into account in order to obtain a reliable subsurface model of the island. Data from 148 sites were used during three-dimensional inversion. The most interesting feature in the final geoelectrical model of the geothermal system is a low resistivity structure (<10 Ωm) above the resistive core of the system. The low resistivity structure has been interpreted as a hydrothermal clay alteration cap typically generated in the conventional geothermal systems. The resistivity model has been correlated with a recent seismic velocity model, showing that a low resistivity structure surrounds an area with high P wave velocity and medium–high resistivity. This medium–high resistivity area can be associated with a slowly solidified magma and, therefore, with a hotter part of the geothermal system.     

新沂台电阻率异常与山东苍山地震

山东苍山地震前,新沂地震台电阻率有明显的中短期异常与之很好地对应,并有进入临震异常的标志。分析了电阻率的变化与苍山地震的对应性及预报概况。     

地电台址大范围介质条件的数值模拟研究

本文取两类震源模型,即“闭锁”模型和“膨胀”模型进行数值模拟,计算了大范围层状介质在多种不同组合情况下,其应力、应变场的分布,并进而计算了由附加应力、应变产生的视电阻率变化量。结果表明,不同介质组合对地电阻率前兆异常观测的影响不同,有利于发现前兆异常的大范围介质条件是:(1)坚硬层孕震;(2)孕育地震的高强度坚硬层要薄;(3)地表疏松覆盖层不能太厚。此外,计算结果还表明,地电台站探测范围内的介质力学,电性条件对前兆异常观测也有重大影响。     

强地震附近电阻率对称四极观测的探测深度

针对我国地震监测预报中固定地点和固定观测装置及参数的视电阻率观测,给出了半空间倾斜各向异性介质中电阻率对称四极观测的理论探测深度,研究了地震前兆信息的检测深度问题,得到：(1)在强地震、孕震晚期阶段,在震中区及附近可检测到地壳近地表较深部介质的电阻率变化,其深度大于或远大于均匀介质之;(2)震级、震中距、观测方向不同或在不同的孕震阶段,探测深度存在差异,甚至存在大的差异,且是动态变化的.并依据理论探测深度讨论了地震视电阻率前兆变化的复杂性、地电台址电性条件等问题.     

通州台井下地电阻率测深初步分析

2020年7月12日唐山古冶 M_S5．1地震发生前,井下小极距地电阻率出现快速下降-折返的变化,变化形态、异常时长符合地电阻率孕震机理变化,但下降幅度远远小于地表大极距地电阻率孕震过程的变化幅度.因此,文章基于通州台地下电性结构和装置系统,采用数值分析方法,分析地表和井下小极距地电阻率的探测深度.结果表明,当底层电性变化区域介质电阻率发生某种减小时,通州台地表和井下小极距地电阻率装置系统地电阻率观测值会下降,下降的幅度随着深部介质电阻率变化区域上界面向上的扩展而增大.相比地表观测,井下小极距电阻率观测能更显著地接收到深部电阻率变化信号,对孕震有更强的反映能力.     

强震近震中区地电阻率变化速率的各向异性

用归一化月速率方法处理了６次强震前近震中区11个台的地电阻率数据，得到在孕震中短期至短临阶段，与主压应力方向正交（或近于正交）测向的地电阻率下降变化的速率大于平行（或近于平行）主应力方向的变化速率．产生变化速率各向异性的原因可能是:在孕震后期的扩容阶段，裂隙走向沿主压应力方向优势排列，导电流体活动产生真电阻率变化速率的各向异性，表现为地表视电阻率变化速率的各向异性．本文为视电阻率各向异性的实验结果提供了震例支持，物理解释比较清晰，可能成为研究某些强震孕育晚期震源区及其附近地壳应力状态的参考依据．