Application of deterministic deconvolution of ground-penetrating radar data in a study of carbonate strata

Xia, J.; Franseen, E. K.; Miller, R. D.; Weis, T. V.

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We successfully applied deterministic deconvolution to real ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data by using the source wavelet that was generated in and transmitted through air as the operator. The GPR data were collected with 400-MHz antennas on a bench adjacent to a cleanly exposed quarry face. The quarry site is characterized by horizontally bedded carbonate strata with shale partings. In order to provide groundtruth for this deconvolution approach, 23 conductive rods were drilled into the quarry face at key locations. The steel rods provided critical information for: (1) correlation between reflections on GPR data and geologic features exposed in the quarry face, (2) GPR resolution limits, (3) accuracy of velocities calculated from common midpoint data and (4) identifying any multiples. Comparing the results of deconvolved data with non-deconvolved data demonstrates the effectiveness of deterministic deconvolution in low dielectric-loss media for increased accuracy of velocity models (improved at least 10-15% in our study after deterministic deconvolution), increased vertical and horizontal resolution of specific geologic features and more accurate representation of geologic features as confirmed from detailed study of the adjacent quarry wall. ?? 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Xia, J.; Franseen, E. K.; Miller, R. D.; Weis, T. V.

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Application of deterministic deconvolution of ground-penetrating radar data in a study of carbonate strata; 2004; Article; Journal; Journal of Applied Geophysics; Xia, J.; Franseen, E. K.; Miller, R. D.; Weis, T. V.