An automatic method of direct interpretation of residual gravity anomaly profiles due to spheres and cylinders

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 981-994

  Asfahani, J ^a   Tlas, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cylinder like bodies; Gravity anomalies; Inversion of field gravity anomalies; Sphere like bodies; Systems of algebraic linear equations

Indexed keywords

BURIED STRUCTURE; CYLINDER; DATA INTERPRETATION; DECONVOLUTION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPHERE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 45249098261     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0333-9     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M., EL-ARABY, T.M., EL-ARABY, H.M., and ABO-EZZ, E.R. (2001a), Three least-squares minimization approaches to depth, shape, and amplitude coefficient determination from gravity data, Geophys. 66, 1105-1109.
2. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M., EL-ARABY, T.M., EL-ARABY, H.M., and ABO-EZZ, E.R., (2001b), A new method for shape and depth determinations from gravity data, Geophys. 66, 1774-1780.
3. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M. and SHARAFELDIN, S.M. (1995a), A least-squares minimization approach to depth determination from numerical horizontal gravity gradients, Geophys. 60, 1259-1260.
4. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M. and SHARAFELDIN, S.M. (1995b), A least-squares minimization approach to shape determination from gravity data, Geophys. 60, 589-590.
5. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M. and EL-ARABY, T.M. (1993), A least-squares minimization approach to depth determination from moving average residual gravity anomalies, Geophys. 59, 1779-1784.
6. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M., BAYOUMI, A., I., and EL-ARABY, H.M. (1991), A least-squares minimization approach to invert gravity data, Geophys. 56, 115-118.
7. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M. (1990), Discussion on "A least-squares approach to depth determination from gravity data" by Gupta, O.P., Geophys. 55, 376-378.
8. ABDELRAHMAN, E.M., BAYOUMI, A.I., ABDELHADY, Y.E., GOBASH, M.M., and EL-ARABY, H.M. (1989), Gravity interpretation using correlation factors between successive least-squares residual anomalies, Geophys. 54, 1614-1621.
9. BOWIN, C., SCHEER, E., and SMITH, W. (1986), Depth estimates from ratios of gravity, geoid and gravity gradient anomalies, Geophys. 51, 123-136.
10. ELAWADI, E., SALEM, A., and Ushijima, K. (2001), Detection of cavities from gravity data using a neural network, Exploration Geophys. 32, 75-79.
11. GUPTA, O.P. (1983), A least-squares approach to depth determination from gravity data, Geophys. 48, 357-360.
12. HARTMANN, R.R., TESKEY, D., and FRIEDBERG, I. (1971), A system for rapid digital aeromagnetic interpretation, Geophys. 36, 891-918.
13. JAIN, S. (1976), An automatic method of direct interpretation of magnetic profiles, Geophys. 41, 531-541.
14. KILTY, T. K. (1983), Werner deconvolution of profile potential field data, Geophys. 48, 234-237.
15. KU, C.C. and SHARP, J.A. (1983), Werner deconvolution for automatic magnetic interpretation and its refinement using Marquardt's inverse modeling Geophys. 48, 754-774.
16. LINES, L. R. and TREITEL, S. (1984), A review of least-squares inversion and its application to geophysical problems, Geophys. Prospect. 32,159-186.
17. MOHAN, N.L., ANANDABABU, L. and ROA, S. (1986) Gravity interpretation using the Melin transform, Geoptys. 51, 114-122.
18. NABIGHIAN, M. N. (1962), The gravitational attraction of a right rectangular cylinder at points external to it, Geofis. Pura e Appl. 53, 45-51.
19. NAGY, D. (1965), The evaluation of Heumans's Lamda function and its application to calculate the gravitational effects of a right circular cylinder, Pure Appl. Geophys. 62, 3-12.
20. NETTLETON, L.L. (1962), Gravity and magnetics for geologists and seismologists, AAPG 46, 1815-1838.
21. NETTLETON, L.L. Gravity and Magnetic in Oil Prospecting (Mc-Graw Hill Book Co. 1976).
22. ODEGARD, M.E. and BERG, J. W. (1965), Gravity interpretation using the Fourier integral, Geophys. 30, 424-438.
23. ROBINSON, E.S., and CORUH, C. Basic Exploration Geophysics (Wiley, New York, NY, 1988) 562 pp.
24. SALEM, A., ELAWADI, E. and USHIJIMA, K. (2003), Depth determination from residual gravity anomaly data using a simple formula, Comp. Geosci. 29, 801-804.
25. SHARMA, B. and GELDART, L.P. (1968), Analysis of gravity anomalies of two-dimensional faults using Fourier transforms, Geophys. Prospect. 16, 77-93.
26. SHAW, R.K. and AGARWAL, S.N.P. (1990) The application of Walsh transform to interpret gravity anomalies due to some simple geometrically shaped causative sources: A feasibility study, Geophys. 55, 843-850.
27. THOMPSON, D.T. (1982), EULDPH-a new technique for making computer-assisted depth estimates from magnetic data, Geophys. 47, 31-37.
28. TLAS, M., ASFAHANI, J. and KARMEH, H. (2005), A versatile nonlinear inversion to interpret gravity anomaly caused by a simple geometrical structure, Pure Appl. Geophys. 162, 2557-2571.