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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Groundmetrics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Greg Nieuwenhuis, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael Wilt, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Assignee:

GroundMetrics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/26 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/30 (2006.01); G01V 3/18 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/30 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); G01V 3/26 (2013.01); G01V 3/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/18 (2013.01); G01V 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electromagnetic geophysical survey is performed by transmitting current from a first source into earth, the first source being located in a borehole. An electromagnetic field generated by the current transmitted from the first source is measured to create subsurface data. In addition, a background model is constructed and a leakage current distribution is calculated. A resistivity distribution of the earth is calculated using the subsurface data, the background model and the leakage current distribution, with the leakage current distribution being used as a source current distribution.


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