IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/perpro/v11y2000i1p71-84.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Permafrost mapping by transient electromagnetic method

Author

Listed:
  • Koichiro Harada
  • Kazushige Wada
  • Masami Fukuda

Abstract

A transient electromagnetic (TEM) survey was performed for permafrost mapping in Central Alaska, where permafrost is discontinuously distributed. The most stable data were obtained from the measurement of an outside loop with a single‐turn loop of 60×60 m. Electrical sounding was also conducted to evaluate the potential of TEM for permafrost mapping. In permafrost areas, the one‐dimensional inversion results typically show three‐layer geoelectrical sections of resistive subsurface and basement layers separated by a thin conductive layer. The resistive layers of subsurface and basement correspond to permafrost and the top of bedrock, respectively. The second conductive layer indicates an unfrozen state. The ground temperature profiles support these postulated resistivity structures. In permafrost‐free areas, two layers are resolved. The projected thickness of permafrost from the electrical sounding is thinner than the estimates derived from the TEM method. In permafrost‐free areas, results obtained by two methods coincide with each other. We conducted a numerical experiment using synthetic data calculated from a four‐layer permafrost model with appropriate noise for two methods. The inversion procedures show that TEM is better used more precisely for determining the permafrost thickness. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Un levé électromagnétique en régime transitoire (TEM) a été utilisé pour cartographier le pergélisol dans le centre de l'Alaska, dans une zone de pergélisol discontinu. Les résultats les plus stables ont été obtenus par la mesure de la boucle extérieure avec une simple boucle de 60×60 m. Des sondages électriques ont été aussi effectués pour évaluer le potentiel du TEM pour la cartographie du pergélisol. Dans les régions de pergélisol, les résultats d'une inversion 1‐D montrent d'une manière typique des sections géoélectriques à trois couches de résistivité différente et des couches de base séparées par une fine couche conductive. Les couches proches de la surface et de la base correspondent respectivement au pergélisol et au sommet de la roche en place. La deuxième couche conductive indique un état du sol non gelé. Les profils de température du sol sont en accord avec ces interpretétations de résistivité. Dans les régions sans pergélisol, 2 couches ont été trouvées. L'épaisseur obtenue du pergélisol à partir des sondages électriques est plus mince que les estimations résultant de la méthode TEM. Dans les régions sans pergélisol, les résultats obtenus par les deux méthodes correspondent les uns avec les autres. Nous avons réalisé des expériences numériques en utilisant des données synthétiques calculées sur la base d'un modèle de pergélisol à quatre couches en tenant compte du bruit associé à chaque méthode. Les procédures d'inversion montrent que le TEM est la meilleure méthode pour déterminer l'épaisseur du pergélisol. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Suggested Citation

  • Koichiro Harada & Kazushige Wada & Masami Fukuda, 2000. "Permafrost mapping by transient electromagnetic method," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(1), pages 71-84, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:11:y:2000:i:1:p:71-84
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(200001/03)11:13.0.CO;2-#
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(200001/03)11:13.0.CO;2-#
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(200001/03)11:13.0.CO;2-#?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:11:y:2000:i:1:p:71-84. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1530 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.