a fast interpretation method for inverse modeling of residual gravity anomalies caused by simple geometry快速解释逆建模方法引起的剩余重力异常简单的几何形状.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Geological Research Volume 2012, Article ID 327037, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2012/327037 Research Article A Fast Interpretation Method for Inverse Modeling of Residual Gravity Anomalies Caused by Simple Geometry Khalid S. Essa Geophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, P.O. 12613, Giza, Egypt Correspondence should be addressed to Khalid S. Essa, khalid sa essa@ Received 10 August 2011; Revised 24 November 2011; Accepted 16 December 2011 Academic Editor: Steven L. Forman Copyright © 2012 Khalid S. Essa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. An inversion technique using a fast method is developed to estimate, successively, the depth, the shape factor, and the amplitude coefficient of a buried structure using residual gravity anomalies. By defining the anomaly value at the origin and the anomaly value at different points on the profile, the problem of depth estimation is transformed into a problem of solving a nonlinear equation of the form f (z ) = 0. Knowing the depth, the shape factor can be estimated and finally the amplitude coefficient can be estimated. This technique is applicable for a class of geometrically simple anomalous bodies, including the semiinfinite vertical cylinder, the infinitely long horizontal cylinder, and the sphere. The efficiency of this technique is demonstrated with gravity anomaly due to a theoretical model, in each case with and without random errors. Finally, the applicability is illustrated using the residual gravity anomaly of Mobrun ore body, situated near Noranda, QC, Canada. The interpreted depth and the other model parameters are