Method using near and far field ULF and ELF interferometry synthetic aperture radar for subsurface imaging

US9638826B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deep Imaging Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James Sokolowsky · Tomball, US
• Robert Michael Payton · Portsmouth, US
• Trevor Keith Charles Pugh · Tomball, US
• Alexander Kalish · Diemelstraße, US
• Mark Hickey · New Hope, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2013
• Grant date: May 2, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V2003/086
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This invention relates to devices and processes for geophysical prospecting, subsurface fluid monitoring and, more particular, to the use of interferometric techniques using Control Source Electromagnetic (“CSEM”) and Magnetoturelic (“MT”) signals to create images of sub-surface structures and fluids.