Inversion of controlled-source tensor magnetotelluric data for a layered earth with azimuthal anisotropy

Geophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 452-464

  Li, Xiaobo ^a,b   Oskooi, Behrooz ^c   Pedersen, Laust B ^c  

^a BAKER ATLAS   (United States)

^b Apt 1512 ^*  (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; JACOBIAN MATRICES; MAGNETOTELLURICS; TENSORS;

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDIES; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AZIMUTH; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; LAYERED MEDIUM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 0034032629     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444739     Document Type: Article

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