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Advances in Geophysical Exploration

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 1552

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Paulo T. L. Menezes

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1. Departamento de Geologia Aplicada da Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20943-000, Brazil
2. Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro 20031-912, Brazil
Interests: applied geophysics; petroleum exploration; exploration geophysics
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Dr. Valeria Barbosa

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Department of Geophysics, Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 20921-400, Brazil
Interests: inversion theory; potential field methods; mineral exploration

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recent technological advancements in applied geophysics have significantly enhanced our ability to accurately image and comprehend the Earth's characteristics and processes. A key aspect of geophysical exploration is the new paradigm of aiming at reducing the environmental impact of exploration activities. These changes have impacted all exploration domains, such as mineral, hydrocarbon, groundwater, environmental, hydrogen, and geothermal.

Thus, this Special Issue aims to provide a platform for exchanging and discussing new knowledge about the future of geophysical exploration. It focuses on developments in all geophysical methods that are currently used. We especially welcome submissions of interpretative case studies, the development of new methodologies, and the integration of strategies. We have divided the themes into three sections:

  • Section 1—Developments in forward and inverse modeling algorithms.
  • Section 2—Developments and case studies in mineral, hydrocarbon, hydrogen, and geothermal exploration.
  • Section 3—Developments and case studies in hydrogeological and environmental studies, including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and energy storage.

Contributions to this Special Issue from the geophysical community are invited, and we hope to collate insights and ideas that will enrich our research area and be of significant interest to our readers.

Dr. Paulo T. L. Menezes
Dr. Valeria Barbosa
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • applied geophysics
  • forward and inverse modeling
  • developments in interpretation
  • energy transition
  • mineral exploration
  • hydrocarbon exploration
  • hydrogen and geothermal exploration

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CSEM Optimization Using the Correspondence Principle
by Adriany Valente, Deivid Nascimento and Jessé Costa
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(19), 8846; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198846 - 1 Oct 2024
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Traditionally, 3D modeling of marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) data (in the frequency domain) involves high-memory demand, requiring solving a large linear system for each frequency. To address this problem, we propose to solve Maxwell’s equations in a fictitious dielectric medium with time-domain finite-difference [...] Read more.
Traditionally, 3D modeling of marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) data (in the frequency domain) involves high-memory demand, requiring solving a large linear system for each frequency. To address this problem, we propose to solve Maxwell’s equations in a fictitious dielectric medium with time-domain finite-difference methods, with the support of the correspondence principle. As an advantage of this approach, we highlight the possibility of its implementation for execution with GPU accelerators, in addition to multi-frequency data modeling with a single simulation. Furthermore, we explore using the correspondence principle to the inversion of CSEM data by calculating the gradient of the least-squares objective function employing the adjoint-state method to establish the relationship between adjoint fields in a conductive medium and their counterparts in the fictitious dielectric medium, similar to the approach used in forward modeling. We validate this method through 2D inversions of three synthetic CSEM datasets, computed for a simple model consisting of two resistors in a conductive medium, a model adapted from a CSEM modeling and inversion package, and the last one based on a reference model of turbidite reservoirs on the Brazilian continental margin. We also evaluate the differences between the results of inversions using the steepest descent method and our proposed momentum method, comparing them with the limited-memory BFGS (Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno) algorithm (L-BFGS-B). In all experiments, we use smoothing by model reparameterization as a strategy for regularizing and stabilizing the iterations throughout the inversions. The results indicate that, although it requires more iterations, our modified momentum method produces the best models, which are consistent with results from the L-BFGS-B algorithm and require less storage per iteration. Full article
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Testing the Efficacy of Indirect Methods on Characterization of Sedimentary Basins by Correlation of Direct Data and Geophysical Techniques
by Javier Rey, Rosendo Mendoza, M. Carmen Hidalgo and Bruna Marinho
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(16), 7308; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167308 - 19 Aug 2024
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The information obtained from direct data (geological mapping and boreholes) and indirect techniques (reflection seismology, time-domain electromagnetics and magnetometry) is combined to analyse the northern limit of the Bailén basin (southeastern Spain). This Triassic–Neogene basin is confined by a graben-type structure, limited by [...] Read more.
The information obtained from direct data (geological mapping and boreholes) and indirect techniques (reflection seismology, time-domain electromagnetics and magnetometry) is combined to analyse the northern limit of the Bailén basin (southeastern Spain). This Triassic–Neogene basin is confined by a graben-type structure, limited by two normal faults in the SW–NE direction (the Baños de la Encina-La Carolina fault and Guarromán fault). The movement of these faults was complex, with different pulses occurring over time. Therefore, the subsidence of the basin and the sedimentary filling of the graben were different, giving rise to lateral changes in the facies and thicknesses. This study focuses on the Baños de la Encina fault, chosen as the experimental site to analyse the effectiveness and accuracy of these geophysical techniques to reveal the basement structure and geometry. Seismic reflection allows to detect two faults that caused the subsidence of the eastern sector of the graben. The TDEM method made it possible to calculate the depth of the Palaeozoic basement, as well as reveal the presence of the two aforementioned faults. Magnetic total field data highlight variations in the basement depth that can be used to infer previously unknown fractures, in this case, in the NW–SE direction. Full article
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