Application of audio magnetotellurics in the study of the subsurface water-bearing properties of the Santunhe area, Xinjiang
YANG Ming-Yuan1(), ZHANG Han-Xiong2,3(), MA Chao1, YANG Hai-Lei1, ZHU Wei4
1. No.2 Regional Geological Survey Team of Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Changji 831100, China 2. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China 3. Technology Innovation Center for Geothermal & Hot Dry Rock Exploration and Development, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shijiazhuang 050061, China 4. Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, China
Audio magnetotellurics (AMT) is widely used for energy and mineral explorations because of its high exploration efficiency and high vertical resolution. Using a three-dimensional (3D) inversion algorithm based on data space, this study performed 3D inversion of the AMT data collected from geothermal exploration in the Santunhe area of Xinjiang. As indicated by the inversion results, the 3D inversion avoids the influence of inhomogeneous geobodies on the survey lines in the study area and yielded very rich and intuitive 3D geoelectric anomalies. In combination with the geological data and the 3D inversion results, this study analyzed the subsurface electrical properties of the study area and the formation water-bearing properties related to geothermal reservoirs, and finally inferred several favorable areas for geothermal reservoirs from the geothermal accumulation patterns of the study area.
Ming-Yuan YANG,Han-Xiong ZHANG,Chao MA, et al. Application of audio magnetotellurics in the study of the subsurface water-bearing properties of the Santunhe area, Xinjiang[J]. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration,
2023, 47(6): 1441-1449.
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AMT 3D inversion results a—display diagram of AMT-3D inversion results; b—-500 m depth horizontal slice, profile slice and 100 Ω·m isosurface combined graph
Profile inversion results a—2D inversion results;b—slice of 3D inversion results
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