Multi-dimensional Inversion Modeling of Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SNMR) Data for Groundwater Exploration

Authors

  • W. Warsa Applied Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Hendra Grandis Applied Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Wahyudi W. Parnadi Applied Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Djoko Santoso Applied Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung

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https://doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2014.46.2.1

Abstract

Groundwater is an important economic source of water supply for drinking water and irrigation water for agriculture. Surface nuclear magnetic resonance (SNMR) sounding is a relatively new geophysical method that can be used to determine the presence of culturally and economically important substances, such as subsurface water or hydrocarbon distribution. SNMR sounding allows the determination of water content and pore size distribution directly from the surface. The SNMR method is performed by stimulating an alternating current pulse through an antenna at the surface in order to confirm the existence of water in the subsurface. This paper reports the development of a 3-D forward modeling code for SNMR amplitudes and decay times, after which an improved 2-D and 3-D inversion algorithm is investigated, consisting of schemes for regularizing model parameterization. After briefly reviewing inversion schemes generally used in geophysics, the special properties of SNMR or magnetic resonance sounding (MRS) inversion are evaluated. We present an extension of MRS to magnetic resonance tomography (MRT), i.e. an extension for 2-D and 3-D investigation, and the appropriate inversions.

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Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

Warsa, W., Grandis, H., Parnadi, W. W., & Santoso, D. (2014). Multi-dimensional Inversion Modeling of Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SNMR) Data for Groundwater Exploration. Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences, 46(2), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2014.46.2.1

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Vol. 46 No. 2 (2014)

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