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Upward Continuation (upward + continuation)

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Upward continuation with topographic datuming operator: the integrated wave equation datuming scheme revised

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING, Issue 6 2009
Kai Yang
ABSTRACT The integrated wave equation datuming scheme is an integrated datuming method to implement the wave equation velocity replacement with a one-way extrapolator for overthrust data. The integrated wave equation datuming scheme is accomplished by downward continuing the data from the topography to a non-planar base of the weathering layer, followed by an upward continuation from the base of the weathering layer to a final planar datum. Both the downward and the upward continuation are accomplished by a one-way extrapolator by a classical ,two-step' implementation. The topographic datuming operator is a distinctive technique by which the shots and receivers are downward continued simultaneously. Although its inadaptability to non-planar datum and the strong lateral variation of the near-surface structure constrains its application to the downward continuation of the overthrust data, we found that the ,one-step' feature of the topographic datuming operator is extremely suitable for the upward continuation. In this paper, the topographic datuming operator is incorporated into the integrated wave equation datuming scheme to perform upward continuation instead of a one-way extrapolator , thus a revised integrated wave equation datuming scheme is constructed. Compared with the previous scheme, the computatiol cost of the revised integrated wave equation datuming scheme is greatly reduced, thus the applicability of the integrated wave equation datuming scheme is further improved. The synthetic and real data examples demonstrate its effectiveness and efficiency. [source]

Moho undulations beneath Tibet from GRACE-integrated gravity data

GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, Issue 3 2007
Young Hong Shin
SUMMARY Knowledge of the variation of crustal thickness is essential in many applications, such as forward dynamic modelling, numerical heat flow calculations, seismologic applications and geohistory reconstructions. We present a 3-D model of the Moho undulations over the entire Tibetan plateau derived from gravity inversion. The gravity field has been obtained by using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) potential field development which has been integrated with terrestrial data, and is presently the best available in the studied area. For the effective use of the global geopotential model that has no height information of observation stations, upward continuation is applied. The Moho model is characterized by a sequence of troughs and ridges with a semi-regular pattern, which could reflect the continent,continent collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates. The three deep Moho belts (troughs) and shallow Moho belts (ridges) between them are clearly found to have an E,W directional trend parallel to the border of the plateau and tectonic lines, while variation of the directionality is observed in central to southeast Tibet. To describe the distinctive shape of the Moho troughs beneath Tibet, we introduce the term, ,Moho ranges'. The most interesting aspects of the Moho ranges are (1) that they run in parallel with the border and tectonic sutures of the plateau, (2) that the distances between ranges are found at regular distances of about 330 km except in northeast Tibet and (3) that the splitting of the ranges into two branches is found as the distance between them is increasing. From our study, we conclude that the distinctive undulations of the Tibetan Moho have been formed by buckling in a compressional environment, superimposed on the regional increase in crustal thickness. According to our analysis, the GRACE satellite-only data turns out to have good enough resolution for being used to determine the very deep Moho beneath Tibet. Our Moho model is the first one that covers the entire plateau. [source]

Upward continuation with topographic datuming operator: the integrated wave equation datuming scheme revised

Decorrugation, edge detection, and modelling of total field magnetic observations from a historic town site, Yellowstone National Park, USA

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, Issue 1 2010
Steven D. Sheriff
Abstract Cinnabar, Montana is a historic town site and railroad depot near the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park and was inhabited between 1883 and 1903. Remains of foundations and old photographs help determine the area of the town, but the south and east limits are unknown. We acquired total field magnetic intensity data to help determine the full extent of the town. Randomly distributed ferrous magnetic sources on the surface and typical noise associated with acquisition complicate the signal. To separate signal and noise we applied filtering and edge detection techniques common in the aeromagnetic industry to our data. Regional removal, decorrugation, upward continuation, and edge detection successfully separated signal and noise. Following filtering, we extracted two larger anomalies from the data set. For those two anomalies, we estimated the edges of their causative sources by calculating the maxima in the horizontal gradient of their anomalies and by inverse modelling those sources; both methods yield similar results. An archaeological test unit excavation within one of the anomalies clearly indicates the remains of buried domestic features, the foundation to a house or other building associated with the late nineteenth to early twentieth century use of Cinnabar. Thus the southeast extent of Cinnabar is greater than previously thought. The lack of surface indicators or adequate historic photography precluded the identification of this buried feature without the aid of the magnetic study. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]