Research into the inversion of the induced polarization relaxation time spectrum based on the uniform amplitude sampling method

Abstract

The induced polarization relaxation time spectrum (RTS) reflects the distribution of rock pore size, which is a key factor in estimating the oil or water storage capacity of strata. However, as the data acquisition and transmission abilities of well logging instruments are much limited due to the underground environment, it is necessary to explore suitable sampling methods which can be used to obtain an accurate RST with less sampling data. This paper presents a uniform amplitude sampling method (UASM), and compares it with the conventional uniform time sampling method (UTSM) and logarithm time sampling method (LTSM) in terms of the adaptability to different strata, RTS inversion accuracy, and stratum vertical resolution. Numerical simulation results show that the UASM can obtain high inversion accuracy of RTS with different kinds of pore size distribution formation, with high dynamic ranges of pore size, and with a small number of sampling points. The UASM, being able to adapt to the attenuation speed of polarization curve automatically, thus has the highest vertical resolution. The inversion results of rock samples also show that the UASM is superior to the UTSM and LTSM.

Numerical Simulation Study on the Relationships between Mineralized Structures and Induced Polarization Properties of Seafloor Polymetallic Sulfide Rocks

“…A relaxation time distribution (RTD) can characterize polarization magnitude as a function of its characteristic relaxation time. These characteristic relaxation times relate to the physical properties of rocks, such as pore-size distribution in sandstone, and the polarizable sources [33][34][35]. In this study, based on the time-dependent chargeability decays obtained from the numerical simulation, the RTD was inverted using a regularization method.…”