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MAGNETOTELLURIGS: PRINCIPLE AND OUTLINE OF THE RECORDING TECHNIQUE A CASE HISTORY *
Author(s) -
WAESELYNCK M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1974.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - geology , magnetotellurics , marl , resistive touchscreen , seismology , structural basin , gemology , geophysics , regional geology , paleontology , metamorphic petrology , tectonics , engineering geology , volcanism , electrical resistivity and conductivity , electrical engineering , engineering
A bstract First, we review briefly the principle of the method, the computation of theoretical curves for a layered earth, and the recording technique in use in our surveys. The case history deals with an area covered with overthrust nappes (marls of Miocene age), which had slid on a Triassic sole, obscuring the geological picture. The magnetotelluric survey followed those of gravity and aeromagnetics and preceded the seismic one from North to South, it displayed a shallow and gently dipping basin, a major fault system, and a deep basin with a thick resistive layer, often underlying a conducting one. The seismics, and later the drilling of a well East of the profile, confirmed these features; in particular, the thick resistive layer was revealed to be Jurassic; only its thickness had been slightly overestimated. This fact lead the people in charge of the operations to ask for a reinterpretation synthesis of magnetotellurics, seismics and gravity, the results of which are also presented.