The inversion of geoelectrical data for hydrogeological applications in crystalline basement areas of Nigeria

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-115

  Olayinka, A I ^a   Weller, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline basement; Electrical resistivity; Geoelectrical prospection; Inversion algorithm; Nigeria; Non uniqueness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOREHOLES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GEOELECTRICAL PROSPECTION; INVERSION; SIMULTANEOUS ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICAL DATA; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSION; RESISTIVITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031168301     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(97)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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