Geoelectric Interpretation of the Magnetic Monitoring Data in the Southwest Part of Baikal

Abstract

Abstract—The long-term gradient magnetic measurements performed in the southwest part of Baikal as supplementing the experiment on deep-water monitoring of the electric field vertical component, can be applied to study the deep geoelectric section. Baikal cannot be approximated by a two-dimensional model in the region under study. Therefore, a three-dimensional geoelectric model of the lake and adjacent territories was constructed based on the existing geological and geophysical data. However, these data are insufficient for the region where our observations are carried out. Refinement of the section upper part over the magnetic field gradients on long bases has been performed using the neural network inversion method. Then, proceeding from the obtained basic model, alternative models were developed, which reflect the known hypotheses about the structure of the deep part of the Baikal rift section: mantle diapir and asthenospheric upwelling. The phase differences between the base-averaged field gradient and the field itself at the base point, as well as the phase differences on the ends of this base, as the most noise-proof gradient functions, are calculated for them. Based on the comparison of the experimental and model frequency curves, it is concluded that the mantle diapir fits best the experimental data, at least, in the southwest part of the Baikal rift zone.