Passive Seismic Ambient Noise Surface Wave Tomography Applied to Two Exploration Targets in Ontario, Canada

Summary

As mineral exploration seeks deeper targets and targets under cover, the need for low cost and low impact subsurface imaging is increasingly important. A recent addition to the toolbox of geophysical methods is ambient noise surface wave tomography (ANSWT) which produces an S-wave velocity image of the subsurface using naturally occurring seismic signals from waves, oceans, trains, etc. - no active controlled seismic sources required. In this presentation, we provide a brief introduction of the ANSWT method and review two recent projects: Marathon Phase III and Schumann Lake, both projects located in Ontario, Canada.

• Exploration under cover
• passive seismic
• geophysics
• seismic velocity model
• ambient seismic noise
• new technologies