Widodo, (2012). Multidimensional Interpretation of Near Surface Electromagnetic Data Measured in Volvi Basin Northern Greece. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
The Volvi basin is an alluvial valley located 45 km northeast of the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. It is a neotectonic graben (6 km wide) structure with increasing seismic activity where the large 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake occurred. The seismic response at the site is strongly influenced by local geological conditions. Therefore, the European test site “EURO-SEISTEST” for studying site effects of seismically active areas is installed in the Volvi-Mygdonian Basin. The ambient noise measurements from the east area of EURO-SEISTEST give strong implication for a complex 3-D tectonic setting. Hence, near surface Electromagnetic (EM) measurements are carried out to understand the location of the local active fault and the top of the basement structure of the research area. The Radiomag- netotelluric (RMT) and Transientelectromagnetic (TEM) measurements are carried out along eight profiles, which include 446 RMT and 107 TEM soundings. The correlation between the borehole data and the interpreted TEM and RMT model generally shows six layers. The layers are identified as sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which in detail are: silty sand (10 - 30 Ωm), silty clay (10 - 30 Ωm), silty clay marly (30 – 50 Ωm), sandy clay (50 - 80 Ωm) and marly silty sand (> 80 Ωm) and basement (gneiss and schist) (> 80 Ωm) with varying thick- nesses. To analyze the structure of the research area, interpretation of multidimensional models (1-D, 2-D, 3-D) is carried out. The 1-D model and the 2-D model derived from RMT data show a clear indication of the fault structure distribution in the research area. From the analysis, there can be found that the fault structure is associated with marly silty sand with a resistivity of more than 80 Ωm. The correlation of the RMT 2-D model with the geological map provides a good fitting to the surface structure. Due to the high resistivity of the top layer, the skin depths of the RMT soundings are approximately 35 m. The TEM data gives a detailed description about the deeper structure down to the depth of 200 m. Joint and sequential inversions of RMT and TEM data can provide clear information from the surface to the deep structure. Single and joint inversions of RMT and TEM give a consistent result in which both identify the fault structure. Three dimensional modeling of RMT data is implemented to provide a representative model of all conductivity structures in the research area. The overall number of cells in the 3-D model is 2,317,000 cells (nx = 220 cells, ny = 220 cells and nz = 45 cells) modeling the research area with size of 2.4 km × 2.4 km. 3-D models provide a detailed description of the normal fault structure at depths of about 5 to 25 m and thicknesses of 20 m. According to the analyses, a normal fault is located next to the EURO-SEISTEST site, with a strike direction of N 70◦ E.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-47487 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 25 June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Earth sciences Life sciences Technology (Applied sciences) |
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Date of oral exam: | 20 June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Funders: | DIKTI (Directorate General of Higher Education of Indonesia) scholarship | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Projects: | Marie Curie Project:IGSEA- Integrated Neoseismic Geophysical studies to Asses the Site Effect of the EURO_SEISTEST area in Northern Greece-PERG03-GA-2008-230915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4748 |
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