The Milos Island Bouguer anolmaly revisited by means of a complex attribute analysis and inferred source parameter estimates
G. N. Tsokas
Geophysical Laboratory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Received 6 February 2000; accepted 15 April 2000
Abstract: A
complex attribute analysis is used to extract parameters of the buried structures
that give rise to the anomalous gravity field in the island of Milos (Greece,
the Central Aegean Sea). The attributes themselves assist in the interpretation
because they can delineate the edges of the concealed targets. However, source
parameters like the local depth, strike and dip are obtained from the complex
attributes on the basis of an analytical expression for the effect of a simple
subsurface model. The simplest one, i.e. the sloping contact model,
is used in this study.
A complex attribute analysis is also applied to the pseudomagnetic transformation
of the data. The result cannot be considered satisfactory though it cannot
be considered false either. This is attributed to the extra noise induced
to the pseudomagnetic data by the transform process.
The estimated local parameters are in agreement with the results obtained
by previous interpretations. They can be used either independently
or in combination with other methods for interpreting the anomalous
field.
Key Words: Milos, Complex Attributes, Potential Fields