Shortcomings in the determination of regional fields by polynomial fitting: A simple solution

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Ojo, S B ^a   Kangkolo, R ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Least squares; Magnetic; Robust statistics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYNOMIALS;

DOWNHILL SIMPLEX METHOD; POLYNOMIAL FITTING;

MAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; ROBUST STATISTICS;

CAMEROON, MAMFE BASIN; NIGERIA, MAMFE BASIN;

EID: 0031103854     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(96)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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