Some aspects of neural network parameter optimization for joint inversion of gravitational and magnetic fields

TL;DR

This paper presents an optimized neural network approach for joint inversion of gravitational and magnetic data, effectively solving ill-posed inverse problems and improving source localization accuracy in mineral exploration.

Contribution

It introduces a two-level neural network algorithm with optimization of network elements and training processes for better joint inversion results.

Findings

High-quality joint inversion demonstrated on model data.

Successful application to real field data from Brazil.

Enhanced source localization accuracy in mineral exploration.

Abstract

We consider the optimization of a neural network previously developed by the authors for the joint inversion of 3D gravitational and magnetic fields in the context of mineral exploration. The distinctive feature of this neural network is that it solves ill-posed (ill-conditioned) inverse problems. The neural network implements a special two-level algorithm. The lower level of the algorithm uses two neural networks with equivalent architectures. The first of them computes the gravitational field sources in a given domain from measurements of this field on a remote surface. The second neural network processes magnetic field measured on the same surface to find magnetic sources in the same domain. The found source distributions are used at the upper level of the algorithm to calculate their structural residual, which determines the degree of difference (closeness) of their geometries. As a result, minimizing this residual, when training a neural network at the upper level, implements a computational algorithm that yields geometrically close source distributions of different fields. The article examines in detail the possibilities of optimizing some elements of the neural networks and the algorithms used (datasets, training process, specific form of loss functions, etc.) Test calculations for model problem demonstrate high quality of joint inversion by our optimized neural networks approach. Calculations were also carried out for the joint processing of real-feald data from gravity and magnetic exploration in Jussara region, Goias State, Brazil. The article also considers the issue of determining in joint field inversion not only the geometric distribution of sources, but also their physical intensities.