Identification of sources of potential fields with the continuous wavelet transform: Application to self-potential profiles

Dominique Gibert (1) , Marc Pessel (1)

1 GR - Géosciences Rennes

We show how the continuous wavelet transform may be used to quickly localize and characterize the sources of self-potential anomalies. The method is applied to synthetic examples and to a self-potential profile crossing a shallow fault zone.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences

Dominique Gibert, Marc Pessel. Identification of sources of potential fields with the continuous wavelet transform: Application to self-potential profiles. Geophysical Research Letters, 2001, 28 (9), pp.1863-1866. ⟨10.1029/2000GL012041⟩. ⟨insu-03324637⟩