pyCSAMT : A Python open-source toolkit for Controlled Source Audio-frequency Magnetotellurics (CSAMT)

For far-field CSAMT standard data processing, modeling and geophysical interpretation enhancement.

Overview

• Definition

CSAMT is an enhanced frequency domain of EM program using synchronous stacking and averaging, and Fourier integral methods to improve the signal to noise ratio. Later, CSAMT is well appreciated in geophysical commumity and was used as a suitable exploration method well-established in deep geological structure detection. Today the method is broadly applied in diverse of exploration problems such as mineral , hydrocarbon, groundwater resources, as well as mapping the fault-zones etc.

• Purpose

pycsamt contains basic steps and filters for CSAMT standard data processing and deals with OCCAM2D modeling software. The package also includes a database geological structures and electrical properties of rocks, based on representative chart of Palacky (1988) and the rock and mineral property classification of Slichter and Telkes (1942) to generate a pseudo-stratigraphy log for drilling operations.

• Note

The software actually only works in far field and provided several for other external modeling softwares like MTpy, OasisMontaj and GoldenSoftware.

Installation

Distributed on PyPI and can be installed with pip: $ pip install pycsamt or $ pip install user pycsamt. For more details, please refer to the installation guide on our wiki page.

Contributing

If you would like to help modify or enhance the project, you are welcome and you'll find more information on issue template file located in git repository.