Research2024.06 – 2024.12

Research stay at the University of Calgary — joint interpretation of gravity & magnetic data

Combined gravity and magnetic surveys to characterize the Ghasha salt dome and basement

University of Calgary · Visiting graduate researcher
SPE Journal paper ↗

Problem

Salt domes and basement are hard to interpret from one type of survey alone

My role

Carry out joint gravity–magnetic interpretation research during a ~6-month stay

What I did

  1. Funded by the MSIT/IITP Global Talent program in digital fields (AI & digital-twin smart CCS)
  2. Worked with the Department of Geomatics Engineering on wavenumber correlation of airborne gravity and magnetic data
  3. Extended the work into a 3-institution collaboration with Khalifa University (UAE)
  4. Joined a field geophysical survey in Kananaskis (Canadian Rockies) and co-wrote the English Field Exploration Report (2024.08)

Results

  • Led to the first-author SPE Journal paper (SCIE, 2026) and the M.S. thesis

Decisions & trade-offs

What I chose, and what I gave up for it

Using two quantities with different units and depth sensitivity (gravity and magnetics) meant first normalizing them and comparing them through wavenumber-domain correlation (phase).

Photos & figures

Calgary — gravity survey in the fieldCalgary — gravity survey in the field