On processing of Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) data

Authors

  • O.V. PANKRATOV institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of Russian Academy of Science. 142190, Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia, and Nord-West Limited, 117546, Ul. Podolskikh Kursantov, 24D, Moscow, Russia.
  • A.I. GERASKIN Nord-West Limited. 117546, Ul. Podolskikh Kursantov, 24D, Moscow, Russia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000001514

Keywords:

Controlled source electromagnetics, Robust processing, Response functions, Phase difference

Abstract

In this paper, we present a fast and robust scheme of controlled source electromagnetic data processing. We specify in detail various types of noise that affect measurements and show how these noise components can be suppressed. We promote an improved algorithm to process noisy data. We demonstrate that our method can recover response functions from extremely noisy field data. The proposed software can be adapted to new data sets and noisy environments. We apply our processing method to field data from Kola Peninsula, Norilsk region and Pechora province (Russia).

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2010-05-20