Simulator lab

CSEM simulator

Marine and land resistivity mapping with a towed transmitter dipole

Method notes

Interpretation

At 0.5 Hz over 1.5 ohm-m sediments the field diffuses about 872 m before dropping to 1/e, so a resistor at 1500 m is best imaged near a 3900 m source-receiver offset.

Skin depth

872 m

Diffusion wavelength

5,477 m

Optimum offset

3,900 m

Peak anomaly

256.2 %

Resistivity contrast

40x

Radial electric field vs offset

The resistor lifts the curve above the background half-space at intermediate offsets.

BackgroundWith resistor

Normalised anomaly

Ratio of measured to background amplitude - the quantity interpreters actually pick.

Anomaly ratio

Phase lag vs offset

Phase advances where energy is guided through the resistive layer.

BackgroundWith resistor