Author(s)

Emre Timur

Department of Geophysical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Buca, Turkey.

The magnetic prospection is one of the most useful methods to determine buried geological structures such as shallow fracture zones. The investigation of vertical and horizontal gradient and total magnetic field variations over geological structures, which have been used for many years, may reveal their locations, geometries and physical characteristics. In this study, a proposed iterative 3-D rectangular prismatic model inversion algorithm was modified to interpret vertical magnetic gradient data defining the boundaries and the physical parameters of the anomalous structure. Vertical magnetic gradient measurements were carried out at the Tuzla fault, an active fault system located along NE-SW direction in Izmir (Turkey). Boundary analysis studies were applied to data in order to obtain boundaries of the structures, afterwards the inversion process was carried out considering these geometries. As a result, location, direction and other physical and geometrical features of the fault are achieved.

Boundary Analysis, Geothermal, ?nversion, Magnetic Gradient, Tuzla Fault

Timur, E. (2017) Assessment of Vertical Magnetic Gradient Data of Tuzla Fault Using Boundary Analysis and 3-D Inversion Techniques. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 5, 33-45. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2017.512006.