Abstract During transient electromagnetic method (TEM) exploration of a copper mine, we detected the late-channel TEM signal reversal phenomenon (a voltage change from positive to negative) caused by the influence of the induced polarization (IP) effect, which affects the depth and precision of the TEM detection. The conventional inversion method is inefficient because it is difficult to process the data. In this paper, the Cole-Cole model is adopted to analyze the effect of Dc resistivity, chargeability, time constant, and frequency exponent on the TEM response in an homogeneous half space model. Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is used to invert the measured TEM data, and the Dc resistivity, chargeability, time constant and frequency exponent were extracted from the measured TEM data in the mine area. The extracted parameters are used for interpreting the detection result as a supplement. This reveals why the TEM data acquired in the area has a low resolution. It was found that the DC resistivity and time constant do not significantly change the results, however, the chargeability and frequency exponent have a significant effect. Because of these influences, the SVD method is more accurate than the conventional method in the apparent resistivity profile. The area of the copper mine is confined accurately based on the SVD inverted data. The conclusion has been verified by drill and is identical to the practical geological situation.
This research is supported by the National Technology R&D Program in the 11th Five year Plan of China (No. 2007BAQ00168-1-1), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41103052/D0309), and the Shanxi Province Excellent Graduate Innovation Program (No. 20113038).
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YU Chuan-Tao,LIU Hong-Fu,ZHANG Xin-Jun et al. The analysis on IP signals in TEM response based on SVD[J]. APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 2013, 10(1): 79-87.
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