Three-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion using non-linear conjugate gradients

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 410-424

  Newman, Gregory A ^a   Alumbaugh, David L ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D magnetotelluric modelling; Inversion; Non linear conjugate gradients; Preconditioning

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 0034101392     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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