Trimming and procrastination as inversion techniques

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 101-142

  Backus, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOMAGNETISM; INVERSE PROBLEM; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0030432108     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9201(96)03183-4     Document Type: Article

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