Fast 3‐D inversion of multi‐source array electromagnetic data collected for mineral exploration

Tartaras, Efthimios; Zhdanov, Michael S.; Balch, S.J.; Cliff, Copper

doi:10.1190/1.1816374

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“…A published example presents the response measured over the Voisey's Bay ore body in Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada (Wilson et al, 2006), and the results are impressive. The same data were also inverted using a spectral Lanczos decomposition method by Tartaras et al (2001) and Chernyavskiy and Zhdanov (2002), all members of the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion (CEMI) at the University of Utah. Other airborne EM modeling and inversion work done at the University of Utah includes rigorous 3D inversions of frequency-domain AEM data (Cox and Zhdanov, 2006) and inversions in which the inverted data are restricted to a window that lies within the footprint of the AEM system (Cox and Zhdanov, 2007;Cox et al, 2010).…”

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Metalliferous mining geophysics — State of the art after a decade in the new millennium

2011

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Mining exploration was very active during the first decade of the twenty-first century because there were numerous advances in the science and technology that geophysicists were using for mineral exploration. Development came from different sources: instrumentation improvements, new numerical algorithms, and cross-fertilization with the seismic industry. In gravity, gradiometry kept its promise and is on the cusp of becoming a key technology for mining exploration. In potential-field methods in general, numerous techniques have been developed for automatic interpretation, and 3D inversion schemes came into frequent use. These inversions will have even greater use when geologic constraints can be applied easily. In airborne electromagnetic (EM) methods, the development of time-domain helicopter EM systems changed the industry. In parallel, improvements in EM modeling and interpretation occurred; in particular, the strengths and weaknesses of the various algorithms became better understood. Simpler imaging schemes came into standard use, whereas layered inversion seldom is used in the mining industry today. Improvements in ground EM methods were associated with the development of SQUID technology and distributed-acquisition systems; the latter also impacted ground induced-polarization (IP) methods. Developments in borehole geophysics for mining and exploration were numerous. Borehole logging to measure physical properties received significant interest. Perhaps one reason for that interest was the desire to develop links between geophysical and geologic results, which also is a topic of great importance to mining geologists and geophysicists.

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