Gravity inversion of basement relief using approximate equality constraints on depths

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1745-1757

  Barbosa, Valéria Cristina F ^a   Silva, João B C ^a   Medeiros, Walter E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

APPROXIMATE EQUALITY CONSTRAINTS; BASEMENT RELIEF; GRAVITY INVERSION;

GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING;

BASEMENT RELIEF; GRAVITY; INVERSION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031278189     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444275     Document Type: Article

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