An efficient non-linear least-squares 1D inversion scheme for resistivity and IP sounding data

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 527-550

  Roy, Indrajit G ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PGS Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

INDUCED POLARIZATION (IP);

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICAL METHOD; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; RESISTIVITY;

EID: 0032820418     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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