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    Poynting Vector Streamlines and the Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic Airwave

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    Authors
    Pethick, Andrew
    Harris, Brett
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Pethick, A. and Harris, B. 2013. Poynting Vector Streamlines and the Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic Airwave, in Proceedings of the 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, Jun 10-13 2013. London: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE).
    Source Title
    75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013
    Source Conference
    75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013
    DOI
    10.3997/2214-4609.20130271
    School
    Department of Exploration Geophysics
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30399
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We investigate the airwave using streamline visualization of the Poynting vector. The airwave is a principal feature of marine controlled source electromagnetic surveys. The airwave is in no doubt a complex interaction with the all the geo-electrical elements; the highly resistive air, conductive seawater column and sub-ocean sediments and hydrocarbons all influence its signature. The number of published descriptions and seemingly contradictory explanations may have led to confusion over its physical reality. The airwave has been described mathematically, as an analogy to refraction seismic and as a downwardly diffusing wave. We use Poynting vector streamlines to determine the best airwave representation. The airwave is seen as a downwardly diffusing vortex when visualised by field vector streamlines. The airwave presents differently in the Poynting vector streamlines. The energy flows vertically upwards from the transmitter, "refracts” along the air-ocean interface and down towards the ocean floor. The energy flowing upwards from the earth interacts with this downwardly flowing energy to form an airwave front

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