Rapid least-squares inversion of apparent resistivity pseudosections by a quasi-Newton method

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-152

  Loke, M H ^a   Barker, R D ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

QUASI-NEWTON METHOD; RAPID LEAST SQUARES INVERSION; RESISTIVITY PARTIAL DERIVATIVE VALUES; RESISTIVITY PSEUDOSECTION; RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY SURVEY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SUBSURFACE MODEL;

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING;

LEAST SQUARES INVERSION; MICROCOMPUTER; PSEUDOSECTION; QUASI NEWTON METHOD; RESISTIVITY;

EID: 0029668032     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1996.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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