Geological information can be used to solve many practical and theoretical problems, both within and outside of the discipline of geology. These include analysis of ground stability, predicting sub-surface water or hydrocarbon reserves, and assessment of risk due to natural hazards. In many cases, geological information is provided as an a priori component of the solution (that is, information ...

The interpretation of potential and electromagnetic fields observed over 3D geological structures remains one of the most challenging problems of exploration geophysics. In this paper I present an overview of novel methods of inversion and imaging of gravity and electromagnetic data, which are based on new advances in the regularization theory related to the application of special stabilizing f...

The Neoproterozoic era was arguably the most revolutionary in Earth history. Extending from 1000 to 541 million years ago, it stands at the intersection of the two great tracts of evolutionary time: on the one side, some three billion years of pervasively microbial 'Precambrian' life, and on the other the modern 'Phanerozoic' biosphere with its extraordinary diversity of large multicellular org...

The paper describes combinatorial framework for planning of geological exploration for oil-gas fields. The suggested scheme of the geological exploration involves the following stages: (1) building of special 4-layer tree-like model (layer of geological exploration): productive layer, group of productive layers, oil-gas field, oil-gas region (or group of the fields); (2) generations of local de...

Elena Nilsen, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Robert Rosenbauer, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Edward Furlong, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Mark Burkhardt, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Stephen Werner, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Lisa Greaser, U.S. Geological Survey,...

In the tunnel construction, due to the limitation of the survey and design and the complex dynamics of tunnel surrounding rock geological conditions, so it is difficult for complex geology with the microscopic accurate grasp, often which caused by geological exploration data do not tally with the actual situation, often encountered in karst water inrush, large deformation in weak rock, cave-in ...

Interpretation of potential and electromagnetic (EM) fields observed over 3D geological structures remains one of the most challenging problems of exploration geophysics. In this paper I present an overview of modern methods of inversion and imaging of gravity, magnetic, and EM data, which are based on new advances in regularization theory related to application of special stabilizing functiona...

AASG/USGS Geologic Map Data Model Committee* Gary Raines, Chairman, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, [email protected] Jim Cobb, Kentucky Geological Survey, [email protected] Ralph Haugerud, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Greg Hermann, New Jersey Geological Survey, [email protected] Bruce Johnson,...

of the traditional smooth inversion this information is provided as [2J The two-dimensional (2-D) magnetotelluric inverse problem an assumption that the solution, the geoelectrical model in the MT has been addressed by several authors. The most well-known case, should be represented by smooth functions. At the same time, approaches are the search for a smooth model [de Groot-Hedlin in some geol...