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Gravity inversion using L0 norm for sparse constraints

Journal

GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
Volume 236, Issue 2, Pages 904-923

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggad456

Keywords

Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Image processing; Inverse theory

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Gravity surveys are an important method for investigating the Earth's interior. This study presents a novel non-convex framework for gravity inversion and develops an improved optimization algorithm for efficient model reconstruction. The study also reconstructs rocks in the Nanling region of China, providing guidance for further deep resource exploration.
Gravity surveys constitute an important method for investigating the Earth's interior based on density contrasts related to Earth material differentials. Because lithology depends on the environment and the period of formation, there are generally clear boundaries between rocks with different lithologies. Inversions with convex functions for approximating the L0 norm are used to detect boundaries in reconstructed models. Optimizations can easily be found because of the convex transformations; however, the volume of the reconstructed model depends on the weighting parameter and the density constraint rather than the model sparsity. To determine and adapt the modelling size, a novel non-convex framework for gravity inversion is proposed. The proposed optimization aims to directly reduce the L-0 norm of the density matrix. An improved iterative hard thresholding algorithm is developed to linearly reduce the L-0 penalty during the inner iteration. Accordingly, it is possible to determine the modelling scale during the iteration and achieve an expected scale for the reconstructed model. Both simple and complex model experiments demonstrate that the proposed method efficiently reconstructs models. In addition, granites formed during the Yanshanian and Indosinian periods in the Nanling region, China, are reconstructed according to the modelling size evaluated in agreement with the magnetotelluric profile and density statistics of rock samples. The known ores occur at the contact zones between the sedimentary rocks and the reconstructed Yanshanian granites. The ore-forming bodies, periods, and processes are identified, providing guidance for further deep resource exploration in the study area.

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