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Combined Geo-Scientist (Main)
Examination, 2024 SGSE-M-GPH
GEO-PHYSICS
PAPER—II
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200
QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Please read each of the following instructions carefully
before attempting questions
There are TEN questions divided in TWO Sections.
Candidate has to attempt SIX questions in all.
Question Nos. 1 and 6 are compulsory.
Out of the remaining EIGHT questions, FOUR questions are to be attempted choosing
TWO from each Section.
The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
Neat sketches may be drawn to illustrate answers, wherever required. These shall be drawn in
the space provided for answering the question itself.
Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their usual standard meanings.
Assume suitable data, if necessary, and indicate the same clearly.
Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a
question shall be counted even if attempted partly.
Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet must be
clearly struck off.
Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.
Physical Constants :
Electron rest mass, m, = 9-109x1077! kg
Proton rest mass, Mp = 1-672x1072" kg
Neutron rest mass, m, = 1-675x1072” kg
Atomic mass unit (C!? =12), a.m.u. = 1-661x10-?7 kg
Bohr magneton, pg = 9-27x10724 J/tesla
Nuclear magneton, py = 5-05x10727 J/tesla
Boltzmann constant, kg = 1-381x10773 J/K
Universal gravitational constant, G = 6-67x1071! N-m?/kg?
Magnetic permeability of free space; 1g = 42 x1077 Wb/A-m
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1. (a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(e)
SECTION—A
What are the various factors that affect the magnetic field measurement at any
point on the Earth’s surface? What is the approximate variation of the total
magnetic field of the Earth from South to North in India?
How many different 4-layer resistivity sounding curves can be drawn? Draw
and name them.
The following patterns of reflection within a sequence unit either belong to
Upper boundary unit or Lower boundary unit. Group the patterns among the
two unit boundaries and name each pattern :
|= (i) Fe
SSI
(wi) K> 45 SS (iv)
ik
Name and draw three resistivity profiles that represent three idealized versions
of fluid distribution in the vicinity of the borehole, under the consideration that
the mud filtrate invades into the formation. Properly label the diagrams.
The following are applicable :
() Mud is freshwater-based
(ii) Mud cake thickness is hn,
(ii) Mud filtrate resistivity is Rp,
(iv) Invaded zone resistivity is Ry,
(v) Uninvaded zone resistivity is R,, which reduces to R, when the formation
is water-bearing
(vi) Formation water resistivity is R,,
(vii) Diameter of the invaded zone is d;
(viii) Diameter of the maximum invasion is d; (start of the uninvaded zone)
(ix) Formation carries only saline or saline with oil
A ship is sailing from Singapore to Taiwan in a straight line N 45° E direction at
a speed of 30 knots. What will be the Eétvés correction in gravity data when
the ship sails at 10° N and 20° N latitude?
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2. (a) AK-100 m--4B
7. IRITVTTTTTA TITTT:
11000 m
A semi-infinite sheet of thickness 50 m, density contrast 2500 kg/ m°, lies ata
depth of 1000 m. What will be the gravity anomaly at point B which is located
at a distance of 100 m from point A as shown in the figure above? 10
(b) A plane EM wave with frequency 15 kHz travels vertically downward in a
homogeneous medium of resistivity 100 Q-m. At what depth will the amplitude
of EM wave reduce to 20% of its amplitude at the Earth’s surface? Will there be
any phase change of EM wave at this depth with respect to its phase at the
Earth’s surface? 10
(c) Ignoring other acquisition and processing factors that control the reflection
amplitudes and using the table below, name the interfaces that show the
following characteristics :
() Polarity reversal
(ii) Weak amplitude
(iii) Strong amplitude
Material a — »)
1. |Shale 8000 2:50
2. |Gas sand 5000 2:00
3. |Oil sand 7000 2:250
4. |Water sand 7500 2:255
Show your work. 10
3. (a) (i) What two parameters are primarily measured during sonic log acquisition?
(ii) What three formation properties are estimated using the above two
measured parameters?
(iii) Write five formation properties that affect the measured parameters in the
subsurface.
(iv) What all corrections are advised on the acquired data in sonic logging, if
required? 2+3+5+5=15
(b) Points P and Q are located at a large distance along and perpendicular
direction from the centre of a magnetic dipole respectively. What will be the
ratio of magnetic fields at P and Q? 5
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(c)
(a)
20 metal electrodes are placed at 10 m equal interval along a profile for
electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) survey. If the data are recorded in
Wenner-Schlumberger mode with highest lateral resolution, then compute the
apparent resistivity for the deepest measurement. Consider that 1 amp current
flow between current electrodes produces 500 pV potential difference between
potential electrodes.
As shown in the figure below, a refractor is dipping at an angle 6. The shot
points A and B are located at the ends of a geophone layout that covers AB.
The ray ACDB from the shot point A strikes the interface at a critical angle i, at
C, runs as a head wave with velocity V. along the dipping surface and finally
emerges at D to reach the geophone at B.
If a complementary profile is required to be shot in the opposite direction to
find the velocities and dip of the interface, then show that
se Ste
Vas DV,
where Vy and V, are the apparent velocities of the 2nd medium in the
down-dip and up-dip direction. V, and V, are the velocities of the upper and
lower medium.
State all your assumptions.
a ao
3 3
> 1 Rigs te 5
% pera =
f mus y, Md ye 5
2 $
Ny 7
a
5 i=
ee eS ee tin
tate :
=e deat:
my, Vi
Distance
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10
15
(b) How is borehole compensated (BHC) tool configuration different from dual
receiver tools? What are the main advantages of BHC over dual receiver tools? 5
(c) (i) What is terrain correction in gravity prospecting?
(ii) Calculate the terrain correction for observation point P as shown in the
ot
[The angle subtended at point P by the arc structure is 30°, inner radius
and outer radius of the structure are 50 m and 100 m respectively. The
average height of the structure is 200 m and density contrast is 3000
kg/m] 3+7=10
5. (a) A small circular loop transmitter is placed vertically on the Earth’s surface
such that its axis points are in x-direction. If the current in the transmitter
flows in anticlockwise direction, then draw the direction of primary magnetic
field. When this primary magnetic field causes electromagnetic induction in a
2D subsurface vertical conductor, then draw the direction of induced current
and secondary magnetic field. Draw resultant field on either side of the
conductor along a profile and plot dip angle profile. 10
(b) Associate the terms in Column A to the options in Column B : 10
Column—A Column—B
i) Rain noise 1. Random marine noise
(ii) Two-boat operations 2. Coherent land noise
(iii) Signal to noise ratio 3. Long offset surveys
(iv) Swell noise 4. Vp,/V, analysis
(v) Differential static correction 5. Coherent marine noise
(vi) Bulge noise 6. Decrease with increasing depth
(vii) Lithology change indicator 7. Marine seismic survey
(viii) Air waves 8. Ocean bottom survey
(ix) Bulk static correction 9. Random land noise
(x) Complex subsurface imaging 10. Land seismic survey
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(c) For the two invasion scenarios given below, draw the resistivity profile for each
of the following cases :
(ij) Wellbore has FRESH WATER based mud
(ii) Wellbore has SALT WATER based mud
Draw the resistivity profiles as per the zones marked by vertical lines. Take R,,
as formation water resistivity, R, as true resistivity and R, as resistivity of the
uninvaded zone when 100% saturated with water : 10
Scenario 1. Horizontal section through a
permeable water-bearing bed
resistivities
Scenario 2. Horizontal section through a
permeable oil-bearing bed
Borehole wa
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6. (a)
()
(c)
(d)
(e)
(b)
(c)
SECTION—B
As observed by an observer, in an inertial frame S, event 1 takes place at
x, = -5 at time t, = =. Another event 2 takes place at x = +3 at tp = = so
c c
that they appear simultaneous. Show that for another observer in an inertial
frame S’, which is moving along x-axis at velocity v, with respect to S, the
events are not simultaneous and
1
iv?
ee
2
At’= (-5) where y =
2
cis the velocity of light.
Prove that the fall in temperature of a gas during the adiabatic expansion from
pressure P, to P, (A > Pp) at a temperature T is given by
irr oy
Cp
where « is the volume expansion of the gas.
If the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is 420 A, find the (i) wave number
(em~}), (ii) energy (J), (iii) energy (kJ/mole) and (iv) frequency (Hz).
() Using Gell-Mann-Nishijima formula, show that Y = 2(Q- 13), where—
Q = total electric charge
Iz = isospin 3rd component
Y = hypercharge
(ii) Find the value of isospin 3rd component of © in the following interaction :
mt +n—>8~ +K*t +Kt
(j) Explain the origin of fine structures in spectroscopy.
(ii) What are the D-lines of sodium and why do they form a doublet?
(iii) Justify, whether the following reaction is allowed or not :
tt opt ty +,
Given that the moment of inertia of a cube about an axis that passes through
the centre of mass and the centre of one face is IJ,. Find the moment of inertia
about an axis through the centre of mass and one corner of the cube.
In case of Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, find the expression for average
energy in terms of partition function.
Explain the difference between bright-field and dark-field imaging mode (using
suitable diagram) in transmission electron microscopy. What is the critical
information one obtains from the dark-field imaging mode which cannot be
deduced from the bright-field imaging mode?
wo
10
10
10
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8. (a) Amass ofa liquid at a temperature 7, is mixed with an equal mass of the same
liquid at temperature T> (T, > T). If the system is thermally insulated, then—
(i) find the entropy change of the system;
(ii) show that the change of entropy is positive. 8+2=10
(b) Describe, briefly, Méssbauer spectroscopy. How are the emission and
absorption of gamma rays made ‘ecoilless’ in Méssbauer spectroscopy? 10
(c) A charged pion (x* or n~) has non-relativistic kinetic energy T. A massive
nucleus having charge Ze and effective radius b is hitted by the pion with a
distance of the closest approach b or less. By classical consideration, show that
the collision cross-section for the pion is
o =nb? (7). for n*
iis
o=nb?( 72"), for 1
2
Given V = aa Neglect the recoils of the nucleus atomic-electron interaction. 10
9. (a) Two blocks of masses m, and m, coupled by a spring of force constant k are
placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Determine the natural frequencies of
the system. 10
(b) In which type of the following reactions, higher amount of energy is released
per reaction approximately?
(i) Thermonuclear fusion in the Sun
(ii) Hydrogen bomb
Given :
Mass of 'H nucleus = 1:008142 a.m.u.
Mass of °Li = 6:01690 a.m.u.
Mass of *He = 4003860 a.m.u.
Mass of 7H = 2:01471 a.m.u. 5+5=10
(c) What is Raman effect? From the spectra of HCl due to rotational transitions,
absorbance was observed at 83:03, 103-73, 124-30, 145-03, 165°51 and
185-86 cm™~!. Determine the corresponding J values and moment of inertia of
HCl. What is the separation between nuclei? 10
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10. (a) Show that the adiabatics are steeper than the isotherms at a given point on
p-u curve. 10
(b) A one-dimensional restoring force F = -kx (k is a positive constant) acts on a
particle of constant mass mg in an inertial frame S. The particle rests at x = A.
Show that its velocity relative to S is given by
“ = tey1~{1+(w? /2c?)(A? - x?)}?
where @ = j= is the angular frequency in the non-relativistic limit. 10
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(c) In radioactive disintegration process, show that the mean life of a radioactive
nucleus is always greater than the half-life of that radioactive nucleus. 10
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