We highlighted the flexibility of using unstructured mesh together with the local refinement by a resistivity model with complicated topography. The effect of topography is emphasized.Based on this, we calculated a specific class of layered models and found that the accuracy is not always satisfactory by utilizing the standard approach. As an improvement, we employed the layered earth as the reference model to calculate the wavenumbers. The comparison demonstrates that the accuracy is considerably improved by using this enhanced approach.
KEY WORDS: 2-D topography, 2.5-D DC resistivity modeling, layered earth.
INTRODUCTIONThe so-called 2.5-D DC simulation is usually adopted instead of directly solving the 3-D problems when the 3-D model has a 2-D structure. However, due to the complexity of geometrical model and attribute distribution in DC resistivity surveying, the limited analytical solutions for some simple models can never satisfy the requirement of data interpretations. Based on this, many numerical tools have been developed like integral-equation techniques (Lesur et al.