Remote sensing of buried resistive inhomogeneities by electromagnetic transmission measurements between the ground surface and a borehole-Theory and experiment

Autor: Michel Cauterman, B. Demoulin, R. Gabillard, Pierre Degauque
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: Radio Science. 13:371-378
ISSN: 0048-6604
DOI: 10.1029/rs013i002p00371
Popis: A theoretical solution for the electromagnetic response of a three-dimensional inhomogeneity in a conductive half space has been developed for horizontal electric dipole excitation. We assume that the transmitting frequency is sufficiently low that we may use the quasi-static approximation. The solution for the subsurface electric field is obtained in the form of an integral equation system which is reduced to a matrix equation and solved numerically. This theoretical model is applied to determine the feasibility of remote sensing of underground quarries by transmission measurements between the ground surface and a borehole. The first experimental results are also given and they show that it is possible to find a cavity (of about 100 m3) situated at a depth of 15 m and at a distance of 5 m from the drillhole.
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