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Constraining 3D geometric gravity inversion with a 2D reflection seismic profile using a generalized level set approach: application to the eastern Yilgarn Craton
Mahtab Rashidifard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre of Exploration Targeting (School of Earth Sciences), University
of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Earth
Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
6009, Australia
Jérémie Giraud
Centre of Exploration Targeting (School of Earth Sciences), University
of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
RING Team, GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine/CNRS, 54000 Nancy, France
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Earth
Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
6009, Australia
Mark Lindsay
Centre of Exploration Targeting (School of Earth Sciences), University
of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
CSIRO Mineral Resources, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Earth
Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
6009, Australia
Mark Jessell
Centre of Exploration Targeting (School of Earth Sciences), University
of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Earth
Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
6009, Australia
Vitaliy Ogarko
Centre of Exploration Targeting (School of Earth Sciences), University
of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Earth
Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA
6009, Australia
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Short summary
One motivation for this study is to develop a workflow that enables the integration of geophysical datasets with different coverages that are quite common in exploration geophysics. We have utilized a level set approach to achieve this goal. The utilized technique parameterizes the subsurface in the same fashion as geological models. Our results indicate that the approach is capable of integrating information from seismic data in 2D to guide the 3D inversion results of the gravity data.
One motivation for this study is to develop a workflow that enables the integration of...
