Method of imaging the electrical conductivity distribution of a subsurface
A method of imaging electrical conductivity distribution of a subsurface containing metallic structures with known locations and dimensions is disclosed. Current is injected into the subsurface to measure electrical potentials using multiple sets of electrodes, thus generating electrical resistivity tomography measurements. A numeric code is applied to simulate the measured potentials in the presence of the metallic structures. An inversion code is applied that utilizes the electrical resistivity tomography measurements and the simulated measured potentials to image the subsurface electrical conductivity distribution and remove effects of the subsurface metallic structures with known locations and dimensions.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Assignee:
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,772,423
- Application Number:
- 14/447,443
- OSTI ID:
- 1399245
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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