Alexander K. Saraev

Teaching courses

  • Well logging
  • Borehole geophysics
  • Electromagnetic soundings

Position

Associated professor, Department of Geophysics

E-mail: a.saraev@spbu.ru

Phone: 363-62-05

Education, scientific degrees and titles

•    Senior scientific reseacher, St. Petersburg State University, 1993
•    PhD, geology and mineralogy sciences, Leningrad State University, 1989
•    Geologist-geophysicist, Leningrad State University, 1974

Research IDs


Research interests

Electromagnetic methods, Well logging, Monitoring of earthquake precursors


Key publications

  1. Saraev A., Simakov A., Shlykov A., Tezkan B.   Controlled source radiomagnetotellurics: A tool for near surface investigations in remote regions. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 146, (2017), 228-237.
  2. Saraev A.K., Antashchuk K.M., Eremin I.S. Audio-frequency magnetotelluric surveys with non-grounded lines for imaging the resistivity structure of the Rybachy Peninsulsa (Murmansk region). Earth’s cryosphere. Methods of cryosphere’s research. Kriosfera Zemli, 2018, vol. XXII, No. 5, 57–66
  3. Tezkan B., Muttaqien I., Saraev A. Mapping of buried faults using the 2D modelling of far-field controlled source radiomagnetotelluric data. Pure and Applied Geophysics. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 176 (2019), 751-766.
  4. Shlykov A., Saraev A., Agrahari S. Studying vertical anisotropy of a horizontally layered section using the controlled source radiomagnetotellurics: an example from the North-Western region of Russia. Geophysical Society of Finland, Helsinki, Geophysica (2019), 54(2), 3–21.    
  5. Saraev A., Simakov A., Tezkan B., Tokarev I., Shlykov A. On the study of industrial waste sites on the Karelian Isthmus/Russia using the RMT and CSRMT methods. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 175 (2020), 1-9.
  6. Shlykov A., Saraev A., Tezkan B. Study of a Permafrost Area in the Northern Part of Siberia Using Controlled Source Radiomagnetotellurics. Pure Appl. Geophys. 2020. 1-14.
  7. Shlykov A., Saraev A., Argahari S., Tezkan B., Singh A. One-dimensional laterally constrained joint anisotropic inversion of CSRMT and ERT data. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 2021, Vol. 26, Issue 1, 35-48.
  8. Saraev, A.K.; Shlykov, A.A.; Tezkan, B. Application of the Controlled Source Radiomagnetotellurics (CSRMT) in the Study of Rocks Overlying Kimberlite Pipes in Yakutia/Siberia. Geosciences 2022, 12, 34.
  9. Shlykov A. A., Saraev A. K. Polarization of a High-Frequency Electromagnetic Field in the Tensor CSRMT Method, Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 2022, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 733–742.
  10. Smirnova M., Shlykov A., Asghari S.F, Tezkan B., Saraev A., Yogeshwar P., Smirnov M. 3D controlled-source electromagnetic inversion in the radio-frequency band. Geophysics, 2023. Vol. 88, No 1, E1-E12.
  11. Saraev, A.K., Shlykov, A.A., Bobrov, N.Y. Tensor CSRMT System with Horizontal Electrical Dipole Sources and Prospects of Its Application in Arctic Permafrost Regions. MDPI, Eng, 2023, 4, 569–580. 
  12. Saraev A.K., Bobrov N.Yu., Shlykov A.A. Use of Subharmonics of Base Frequencies in the CSRMT Method with Loop Sources. MDPI, J 2023, 6, 286–301. 286–301.
  13. Fadavi S., Shlykov A., Smirnova M., Saraev A., Yogeshwar P., Tezkan B. Multidimensional interpretation of Radiomagnetotellurics and Controlled‐Source Radiomagnetotellurics data: a validation study. Near Surface Geophysics, May 2023. 1-14.
  14. Singh A., Jain R., Agrahari S., Shlykov A., Saraev A.,  Yadav A. A comparison of the results of 2D anisotropic DC resistivity inversion with 1D joint DC resistivity and CSRMT inversion. Geosci J (2023)
  15. Shlykov, A.A., Saraev, A.K., Bobrov, N.Yu. Joint Three-Dimensional Interpretation of AMTS and RMT-C Tensor Data in a Region Prospective for Discovery of Primary Diamond Sources (Karelian Isthmus). Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, volume 59, 2023. 781–797.

The Head of Current Research Fundings

  • 2021-2023. Project RSF-DFG “Tensor 3D interpretation of CSRMT data with novel high frequncy sources considering displacement currents and anisotropy”. No 21-47-04401.
  • 2021-2023. Contract "Mathematical modeling of tasks of the radio magnetotelluric soundings for the study of permafrost in the Arctic region". No. 01/1-55-22-SPbSU.

Awards and honorary titles

  • 1987, Silver medal of the Exhibition of national economy achievements
  • 2005, Medal of the award “For merits before Fatherland of II degree”
     



Other professional activities

  • Director of the Center of Electromagnetic methods, IES

  • Membership in societies. SEG, EAGE

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