Dear Colleagues: Just a reminder that if you plan to attend this years MT Workshop, you should register as soon as you can! Please go to the SEG Continuing Education site: http://ce.seg.org/index_body.html for complete full information on registering. The short course will be 2 days (Oct 5/6) and cost SEG members $595.
Karen Christopherson is the course leader. An outline of the short course is provided below. MT Short Course Abstract In the last ten years the use of magnetotelluric and audio-magnetotelluric methods for mineral exploration and exploitation have increased significantly and there is a need for the exploration geophysicist to better understand the theory, application and interpretation of magnetotelluric (MT) and Audio-MT methods. This course will provide the interested geophysicist with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and manage cost-effective MT field programs and to understand the data processing and interpretation issues. Over the two days of the course the following topics will be investigated: theory, applications and acquisition, processing and interpretation of data. Equipment will be shown on site and MT interpretation software demonstrations will be given. Course Outline Oct 5: 1. Introduction 2. History of MT a. Formulation of the technique b. First field trials c. Developments over the past few decades 3. Theory a. Maxwell�s Equations b. Source fields c. Signal strengths d. Tensor components e. Various computed parameters 4. Acquisition a. Equipment b. Noise sources c. Good field practices Oct 6: 1. Processing a. Standard b. Robust schemes c. Decomposition techniques 2. Interpretation a. Review of data parameters (dimensionality, strike, good vs. bad data, cultural noise) b. Selection of TE/TM modes c. 1D forward and inverse modeling d. 2D forward and inverse modeling e. 3D inversion 3. Applications and Case Histories ------------------------------ Biographies for Key Organizers/Speakers: Karen Rae Christopherson MSc. Karen has been working with Magnetotelluric (MT) for over 20 years. She is currently president of Chinook Geoconsulting, Inc. in Evergreen, Colorado which she formed in 1988. She worked for the US Geological Survey from 1976 to 1981 and then joined Standard Oil (BP America) and worked in their Technology Center studying the application of electrical methods geophysics to hydrocarbon exploration. Karen received her Master's degree in Geophysics in 1979 and her Bachelor's degree in 1977 in Geology from the University of Colorado, also attending the Colorado School of Mines. Her experience involves all aspects of electrical methods geophysics, from bird-dogging to interpretation, specializing in MT. She has participated in many MT surveys exploring for hydrocarbon, geothermal, and mineral resources in SE Asia, Latin America, Africa, Canada, and the U.S. She is a member of SEG, AAPG, ASEG, DGS, and DIPS (Denver International Petroleum Society). She served as 2nd Vice-President of SEG during 1997-1998. --------------------- Randy Mackie Ph.D., Research and Development B.Sc. in Geophysical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991) on 3D Modeling and Inversion of MT data applied to Basin and Range Province. Both at MIT and later as Assistant Professor at Indiana University, has published widely on 2D and 3D interpretation of MT, acquiring data on several continents. GSY-USA Vice President (1997). Responsible for software development, particularly MT 2D and 3D modeling and inversion codes. --------------------- Alan G. Jones Ph.D., Geological Survey of Canada (B.Sc. University of Nottingham 1972; MSc. University of Birmingham 1973; Ph.D. University of Edinburgh 1977) is a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada with over 25 years experience in the application of the MT method for addressing problems at all scales from the near-surface (mineral and geothermal exploration) to crustal scales (Lithoprobe, Tibet, Appalachians) to mantle imaging (Fennoscandian Shield; Superior and Slave cratons). He has integrated the results from MT studies in Europe, North America and Asia with other geophysical, geochemical and geological data. _______________________________________________________ List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
