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Title: Low-pass filtering of noisy Schlumberger sounding curves. Part I: Theory

Journal Article · · Geophys. Prospect.; (United States)

A contribution is given to the solution of the problem of filtering noise-degraded Schlumberger sounding curves. It is shown that the transformation to the pole-pole system is actually a smoothing operation that filters high-frequency noise. In the case of residual noise contamination in the transformed pole-pole curve, it is demonstrated that a subsequent application of a conventional rectangular low-pass filter, with cut-off frequency not less than the right-hand frequency limit of the main message pass-band, may satisfactorily solve the problem by leaving a pole-pole curve available for interpretation. An attempt is also made to understand the essential peculiarities of the pole-pole system as far as penetration depth, resolving power and selectivity power are concerned.

Research Organization:
Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Universita di Napoli, Largo S. Marcellino 10, I-80138 Napoli
OSTI ID:
5720545
Journal Information:
Geophys. Prospect.; (United States), Vol. 34:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English