• The First Magnetotelluric Image of the Lithospheric-Scale Geological Architecture in Central Svalbard, Arctic Norway 

      Beka, Thomas Ibsa; Smirnov, Maxim; Bergh, Steffen G; Birkelund, Yngve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-17)
      Magnetotelluric data, collected from 30 stations on Spitsbergen as part of a reconnaissance geothermal resource assessment along a profile with 0.53-km spacing in 0.0031000-s period range, were used to develop a lithospheric-scale two-dimensional (2D) resistivity model, heretofore unavailable for the region. Inverting the determinant of the impedance tensor in 2D, we found the smoothest model ...
    • Geoelectrical structures beneath Spitsbergen-Svalbard derived from magnetotelluric imaging 

      Beka, Thomas Ibsa (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-05-27)
      In this thesis a series of geophysical surveys are carried out on the geologically important and remote Svalbard using magnetotelluric imaging, to constrain better the geology particularly defining geothermal resources. Magnetotellurics (MT) relays on natural source time-varying electric and magnetic field data measured at the earth’s surface in order to derive the subsurface resistivity structure. ...
    • Magnetotelluric signatures of the complex tertiary fold–thrust belt and extensional fault architecture beneath Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard 

      Beka, Thomas Ibsa; Bergh, Steffen G; Smirnov, Maxim; Birkelund, Yngve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-18)
      Magnetotelluric (MT) data were recently collected on Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard, in a 0.003–1000 s period range along a curved WNW–ESE profile. The collected data manifested strong three-dimensional (3D) effects. We modelled the full impedance tensor with tipper and bathymetry included in 3D, and benchmarked the result with determinant data two-dimensional (2D) inversion. The final inversion results ...