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Magnetotelluric monitoring of electrical resistivity changes in an active fault zone
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, EAGE-GSM 2nd Asia Pacific Meeting on Near Surface Geoscience and Engineering, Apr 2019, Volume 2019, p.1 - 4
Abstract
Summary
Water, brine, and co2- rich fluids, generally found in fault zones, characterize the long-term strength and rupture distribution in these regions. Furthermore, they produce a large electrical resistivity contrasts with their surroundings, utilizing EM exploration methods like magnetotelluric (MT) as a proper tool to monitor co-seismic variations of physical parameters in a seismogenic zone. To address the question of whether the residual of pre- and post-seismic MT responses can monitor well the physical properties in the rupture area of an earthquake, we investigate a synthetic MT example of an active fault zone.
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