Calculation of Constitutive Parameters from Electric and Magnetic Field Measurements in an Anisotropic Medium with a Triaxial Instrument

Ertan Pekşen

Department of Geophysical Engineering, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.

DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2013.41007                

Abstract

A hypothetical electric and magnetic induction tensor is considered in an anisotropic medium. The sources are magnetic dipoles. In such a medium, constitute parameters can be calculated by combining electric and magnetic field measurements. Constitutive parameters are not a scalar in this case. They are tensors, so parameters have at least both horizontal and vertical components in a uniaxial medium. These calculated parameters from the field measurement are horizontal and vertical conductivity, permittivity, and magnetic permeability. Operating frequency range is also quite large. It is up to 4 GHz. A hypothetical instrument should measure gradient fields both electric and magnetic types as well.

Keywords

Electrical Anisotropy; Triaxial Measurement; Electric and Magnetic Dipoles; Induction Well Logging

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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