Quantifying the effect of the air/water interface in marine active source EM

Abstract The marine controlled source EM surveying method has become an accepted tool for deep water exploration for oil and gas reserves. In shallow water ( Time domain separation of the airwave from the surface coupling response results in greater sensitivity to a deep resistive target than frequency domain separation although there is also reasonable sensitivity in the frequency domain.

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