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Cross-borehole electromagnetic probing to locate high-contrast anomalies

Abstract

Electromagnetic (EM) probing between boreholes is useful for locating high-contrast geophysical anomalies such as a tunnel. Theoretical and experimental studies of EM field interaction with a tunnel show that minima in the received signal can be used for locating the tunnel. The theoretical studies show that as a transmitter and receiver are lowered in separate boreholes, the minima can be intepreted easily to yield both the lateral and vertical positions of the tunnel. The main mechanism of EM field interaction with the tunnel appears to be diffraction, and the spatial variation of the field strength is affected by the tunnel shape. Frequencies from 10 to 70 MHz were studied to assess the usable frequencies. The field in the receiver borehole was an effective diagnostic when a half-wavelength in the surrounding medium was less than or equal to the diameter of the tunnel. EM probing at two test sites gave the locations of tunnels within 1 ft of the surveyed locations.
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1979
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-81-020147
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Geophysics; (United States); Journal Volume: 44:10
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 58 GEOSCIENCES; COAL MINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; TUNNELS; BOREHOLES; CAVITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; RESOLUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MINES; RADIATIONS; SURVEYS; 012000* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Mining; 580203 - Geophysics- Geophysical Survey Methods- (1980-1989)
OSTI ID:
6724548
Country of Origin:
United States
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: GPYSA
Submitting Site:
CLA
Size:
Pages: 1667-1676
Announcement Date:
Jan 01, 1981

Citation Formats

Lyte, R J, Laine, E F, Lager, D L, and Davis, D T. Cross-borehole electromagnetic probing to locate high-contrast anomalies. United States: N. p., 1979. Web. doi:10.1190/1.1440929.
Lyte, R J, Laine, E F, Lager, D L, & Davis, D T. Cross-borehole electromagnetic probing to locate high-contrast anomalies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1440929
Lyte, R J, Laine, E F, Lager, D L, and Davis, D T. 1979. "Cross-borehole electromagnetic probing to locate high-contrast anomalies." United States. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1440929.
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title = {Cross-borehole electromagnetic probing to locate high-contrast anomalies}
author = {Lyte, R J, Laine, E F, Lager, D L, and Davis, D T}
abstractNote = {Electromagnetic (EM) probing between boreholes is useful for locating high-contrast geophysical anomalies such as a tunnel. Theoretical and experimental studies of EM field interaction with a tunnel show that minima in the received signal can be used for locating the tunnel. The theoretical studies show that as a transmitter and receiver are lowered in separate boreholes, the minima can be intepreted easily to yield both the lateral and vertical positions of the tunnel. The main mechanism of EM field interaction with the tunnel appears to be diffraction, and the spatial variation of the field strength is affected by the tunnel shape. Frequencies from 10 to 70 MHz were studied to assess the usable frequencies. The field in the receiver borehole was an effective diagnostic when a half-wavelength in the surrounding medium was less than or equal to the diameter of the tunnel. EM probing at two test sites gave the locations of tunnels within 1 ft of the surveyed locations.}
doi = {10.1190/1.1440929}
journal = []
volume = {44:10}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United States}
year = {1979}
month = {Oct}
}