CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project A2
Late Quaternary High-Resolution Climate Archives in the Sahara

Project Z3
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

Scientific Interests:

• Near Surface Geophysics (TEM, ERT, IP)
• Long-Offset Transient Electromagnetics (LOTEM)
• 3D Controlled-Source EM Modeling in the Time-Domain
• Modeling and Inversion of IP Effects in Transient Electromagnetics

Ph.D. Research Topic:

Multidimensional Joint Interpretation of TEM and DC Measurements in the East-African Rift Valley

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bülent Tezkan

Education:

Since May 2014: Ph.D. student at the Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Germany

April 2014: M.Sc. in Geophysics (Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere), University of Cologne, Germany

M.Sc. thesis: Effects of induced polarization in time-domain transient electromagnetics

Publications:

• Seidel, M.; Tezkan, B. 1D Cole-Cole inversion of TEM transients influenced by induced polarization. Journal of Applied Geophysics, (138): 220-232. March 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.01.011

Field Work Experiences:

• 2018: LOTEM measurements in the framework of the DESMEX project in Kiruna, Sweden
• 2017: CSEM Off-shore Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Norwegian Sea, Norway
• 2017: LOTEM measurements in the framework of the DESMEX project near Schleiz, Germany
• 2017: FloatTEM measurements on Lagoa das Furnas, Azores, Portugal
• 2016: DED and TEM measurements on an aquifer near De Panne, Belgium
• 2016: LOTEM measurements in the framework of the DESMEX project near Schleiz, Germany
• 2015: TEM measurements in the framework of the DESMEX project near Schleiz, Germany
• 2015: TEM and DC measurements at Bisare River and Dendi Lakes, Ethiopia
• 2014: TEM measurements at Lake Chew Bahir, Ethiopia
• 2013: TEM measurements over a fault region near Osnabrück, Germany
• 2013: Magnetic and GPR measurements on archaeological sites in Elusa and Tel Shalem, Isreal
• 2012: RMT measurements on an ore exploration site in Western Turkey
• 2011: LOTEM measurements to study the inner structure of mud volcanoes in Perekishkul, Azerbaijan

Conference Talks/Posters:

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P., (Poster) Laterally and Spatially Constrained Inversion of Transient Electromagnetic Data from Sedimentary Basins in the East-African Rift Valley, 27. Schmucker-Weidelt Kolloquium für Elektromagnetische Tiefenforschung in Breklum, Germany, 2017

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P., (Poster) Laterally and Spatially Constrained Inversion of Transient Electromagnetic Data from Sedimentary Basins in the East-African Rift Valley, IAPSA IAMAS IAGA Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 2017

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P., (Poster) Laterally and Spatially Constrained Inversion of Transient Electromagnetic Data from Sedimentary Basins in the East-African Rift Valley, 23rd Electromagnetic Induction Workshop, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2016

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., (Poster) On the Effectiveness of 1D inversions of TEM transients affected by Induced Polarization, 23rd Electromagnetic Induction Workshop, Chiangmai, Thailand, 2016

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., (Poster) On the Effectiveness of 1D inversions of TEM transients affected by Induced Polarization, 4th International Workshop on Induced Polarization, Aarhus, Denmark, 2016

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P. (Poster) Laterally and Spatially Constrained Inversion of Transient Electromagnetic Data from Sedimentary Basins in the East-African Rift Valley, 76. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft in Münster, Germany, 2016

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P. (Poster) Investigating Sedimentary Deposits in the East African Rift Valley System using Transient Electromagnetics, 26. Schmucker-Weidelt Kolloquium für Elektromagnetische Tiefenforschung in Dassel, Germany, 2015

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., Yogeshwar P., (Poster) Investigation of the Chew Bahir Basin in Southern Ethiopia using Transient Electromagnetics, 75. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, University of Hannover, Germany, 2015

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., (Talk) Effects of induced polarization in time-domain electromagnetics, International Workshop for Induced Polarization and Geoelectrical Data Inversion, Antalya, Turkey, 2014

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., (Talk) Der Effekt der induzierten Polarisation in der Transientenelektromagnetik, 74. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2014

Seidel, M., Tezkan, B., (Poster) Der Effekt der induzierten Polarisation in der Transientenelektromagnetik, 25. Schmucker-Weidelt Kolloquium für Elektromagnetische Tiefenforschung in Kirchhundem-Rahrbach, Germany, 2013

Links:

HTTPS://www.uni-koeln.de/

HTTPS://www.geomet.uni-koeln.de/

HTTPS://www.geomet.uni-koeln.de/das-institut/mitarbeiter/seidel/