Active Geophysical Monitoring

Book description

Active geophysical monitoring is an important new method for studying time-evolving structures and states in the tectonically active Earth's lithosphere. It is based on repeated time-lapse observations and interpretation of rock-induced changes in geophysical fields periodically excited by controlled sources.

In this book, the results of strategic systematic development and the application of new technologies for active geophysical monitoring are presented. The authors demonstrate that active monitoring may drastically change solid Earth geophysics, through the acquisition of substantially new information, based on high accuracy and real-time observations. Active monitoring also provides new means for disaster mitigation, in conjunction with substantial international and interdisciplinary cooperation.



  • Introduction of a new concept
  • Most experienced authors in the field
  • Comprehensiveness

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Handbook of Geophysical Exploration
  7. General Concept and Historical Review
    1. General Concept of Active Geophysical Monitoring
      1. 1 Seismicity Precursors for Active Monitoring of Earthquakes
      2. 2 Large-scale Geophysical Surveys of the Earth’s Crust Using High-power Electromagnetic Pulses
      3. 3 Elements of Active Geophysical Monitoring Theory
      4. 4 Seismic Active Monitoring System Concept
    2. Active Monitoring Targets
      1. 5 Detection of Transient Phenomena Due to Active Scatterers
      2. 6 Active Vibromonitoring: Experimental Systems and Fieldwork Results
      3. 7 Reliable Measurement Method to Reveal a Peculiar Dielectric Dispersion in Wet Rocks by Means of ACROSS
      4. 8 Active Geophysical Monitoring of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Using EM Methods
  8. Part II. Theory and Technology of Active Monitoring
    1. Technology of Active Monitoring
      1. 9 Acquisition of Crosswell Seismic Monitoring Data
      2. 10 EM-ACROSS System and Corresponding Tensor Transfer Functions in Diffusion Field Region
      3. 11 Design and Workout of ACROSS Transmitters Using Air Bearings
    2. Signal Processing and Accuracy Control in Active Monitoring
      1. 12 Stacking Strategy for Acquisition of an ACROSS Transfer Function
      2. 13 Secondary Calibration Method of Seismometers by Utilizing ACROSS Signal
      3. 14 Signal Discrimination of External Geomagnetic Effects Using the Transfer Function Approach with Continuous Wavelet Transform
      4. 15 Development of Simulation Algorithm for Analyzing Temporal Stability of ACROSS Seismic Source
      5. 16 Nonlinear Processes in Seismic Active Monitoring
    3. Theory of Data Analysis and Interpretation
      1. 17 Maxwell’s Equations and Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling in the Context of the Theory of Differential Forms
      2. 18 3D Electromagnetic Holographic Imaging in Active Monitoring of Sea-Bottom Geoelectrical Structures
      3. 19 Foundations ofthe Method of EM Field Separation into Upgoing and Downgoing Parts and its Application to MCSEM Data
      4. 20 Automatic Travel Time Determination from a Frequency-domainTransfer Function: The Sompi Event Analysis
      5. 21 Effect of Spatial Sampling on Time-lapse Seismic Monitoring in Random Heterogeneous Media
      6. 22 Singular Value Decomposition in Active Monitoring Data Analysis
  9. Part III. Case Histories
    1. Regional Active Monitoring Experiments
      1. 23 Detection and Continuous Monitoring of Strong Seismic Reflectors at the Subducting Philippine Sea Plate Using ACROSS Methodology
      2. 24 Active Seismic Monitoring of the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield
      3. 25 Characteristics of ACROSS Signals Transmitted from the Tono Transmitting Station and Observed by Hi-net
      4. 26 Active Monitoring Using Submarine Cables–Leveraging Offshore Cabled Observatory for Passive Monitoring
      5. 27 Seasonal Changes in Vibroseismic Monitoring Experiments in Siberia
      6. 28 Estimates of Crustal Stress Sensitivity in the Lake Baikal Region, from Active Vibroseismic Monitoring and Solid Earth Tide Data
  10. Author Index
  11. Subject Index

Product information

  • Title: Active Geophysical Monitoring
  • Author(s): Junzo Kasahara, Valeri Korneev, Michael S. Zhdanov
  • Release date: March 2010
  • Publisher(s): Elsevier Science
  • ISBN: 9780080452623