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Research article
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25 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 25 Aug 2015
Improvement of density models of geological structures by fusion of gravity data and cosmic muon radiographies
K. Jourde
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS – UMR7154, Univ. Paris Diderot, Paris, France
D. Gibert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
OSUR – Géosciences Rennes, CNRS – UMR6118, Univ. Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Volcano Observatories, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
J. Marteau
Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, CNRS – UMR5822, Univ. Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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- Three years of muography at Mount Etna: results and perspectives G. Gallo et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/C02003
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- Joint inversion of muon tomography and gravity gradiometry for improved monitoring of steam‐assisted gravity drainage reservoirs S. Pieczonka et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.13205
- Muon dynamic radiography of density changes induced by hydrothermal activity at the La Soufrière of Guadeloupe volcano K. Jourde et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33406
- Review of possible applications of cosmic muon tomography P. Checchia https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/12/C12072
- The effect of rock composition on muon tomography measurements A. Lechmann et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1517-2018
- Applications of cosmic-ray muons G. Bonomi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2020.103768
- Joint inversion methods with relative density offset correction for muon tomography and gravity data, with application to volcano imaging P. Lelièvre et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz251
- Bayesian joint muographic and gravimetric inversion applied to volcanoes A. Barnoud et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz300
- Feasibility of three-dimensional density tomography using dozens of muon radiographies and filtered back projection for volcanos S. Nagahara & S. Miyamoto https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-7-307-2018
- Design, Construction and In Situ Testing of a Muon Camera for Earth Science and Civil Engineering Applications I. Lázaro Roche et al. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20198801003
- SMAUG v1.0 – a user-friendly muon simulator for the imaging of geological objects in 3-D A. Lechmann et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2441-2022
- Evaluation of Inhomogeneities in Underground Structures Using Non-Invasive Muon Scanning M. DOBRE et al. https://doi.org/10.59277/RomJPhys.2025.70.905
- Muographic data analysis method for medium-sized rock overburden inspections H. Tanaka & M. Ohshiro https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-427-2016
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Short summary
This paper examines how the resolution of small-scale geological density models is improved through the fusion of information provided by gravity measurements and density muon radiographies. The method is illustrated with examples for the La Soufrière volcano of Guadeloupe.
This paper examines how the resolution of small-scale geological density models is improved...
