Potential-field inversion: Choosing the appropriate technique to solve a geologic problem

Geophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 511-520

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

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

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS;

INTERPRETATION AREA; APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; EFFECTIVE CONSTRAINTS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; SPATIALLY SMOOTHES; THICKNESS VARIATION;

GEOPHYSICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; POTENTIAL FIELD;

EID: 0035270998     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444941     Document Type: Article

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