HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA

Many minerals have semiconductor properties. It is known that petroleum reservoir rocks permeated with hydrocarbon fluids can sometimes behave as semiconductors. In the Earth’s magnetic field, the electrical conductivity of such materials becomes anisotropic, and the Hall effect is quite possible in...

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Main Authors: V. Plotkin, V. V. Potapov
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Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of the Earth's crust 2020-12-01
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description Many minerals have semiconductor properties. It is known that petroleum reservoir rocks permeated with hydrocarbon fluids can sometimes behave as semiconductors. In the Earth’s magnetic field, the electrical conductivity of such materials becomes anisotropic, and the Hall effect is quite possible in rocks in natural conditions and detectable by magnetotelluric sounding. In the anisotropic medium, the field is subject to normal mode splitting, and its components show different attenuation coefficients and phase velocities. The modes differ due to polarization and rotation of the field vectors (clockwise in one mode, and counterclockwise in another). With account of the Hall effect, responses of the medium can be different when the medium is excited by a single normal wave. To detect the Hall effect in MTS surveys, we use the polarization analysis method and select the spectra of modes with right and left circular polarization. Special experiments were carried out to detect the contribution of the Hall effect during the MTS surveys. This article presents the first estimates of the Hall conductivity for the studied rocks.
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spelling doaj-art-aeeda420c539484fb10dc28a86fca06c2025-08-20T03:02:39ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of the Earth's crustГеодинамика и тектонофизика2078-502X2020-12-0111481782810.5800/GT-2020-11-4-0509507HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATAV. Plotkin0V. V. Potapov1Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesTrofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesMany minerals have semiconductor properties. It is known that petroleum reservoir rocks permeated with hydrocarbon fluids can sometimes behave as semiconductors. In the Earth’s magnetic field, the electrical conductivity of such materials becomes anisotropic, and the Hall effect is quite possible in rocks in natural conditions and detectable by magnetotelluric sounding. In the anisotropic medium, the field is subject to normal mode splitting, and its components show different attenuation coefficients and phase velocities. The modes differ due to polarization and rotation of the field vectors (clockwise in one mode, and counterclockwise in another). With account of the Hall effect, responses of the medium can be different when the medium is excited by a single normal wave. To detect the Hall effect in MTS surveys, we use the polarization analysis method and select the spectra of modes with right and left circular polarization. Special experiments were carried out to detect the contribution of the Hall effect during the MTS surveys. This article presents the first estimates of the Hall conductivity for the studied rocks.https://www.gt-crust.ru/jour/article/view/1127magnetotelluric sounding (mts)hall effectnormal mode of anisotropic mediumhall conductivity
spellingShingle V. Plotkin
V. V. Potapov
HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
Геодинамика и тектонофизика
magnetotelluric sounding (mts)
hall effect
normal mode of anisotropic medium
hall conductivity
title HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
title_full HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
title_fullStr HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
title_full_unstemmed HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
title_short HALL CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATES FROM MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING DATA
title_sort hall conductivity estimates from magnetotelluric sounding data
topic magnetotelluric sounding (mts)
hall effect
normal mode of anisotropic medium
hall conductivity
url https://www.gt-crust.ru/jour/article/view/1127
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