MIM and nonlinear least-squares inversions of AEM data in Barataria basin, Louisiana

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1126-1131

  Bryan, Melissa Whitten ^a   Holladay, Kenneth W ^a   Bergeron Jr , Clyde J ^a   Ioup, Juliette W ^a   Ioup, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; BEACHES; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; SOILS; WATER; WETLANDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; COMPLEX NEAR SURFACES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; LEAST MEAN SQUARES METHODS; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES METHODS; WATER CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; IMAGING METHOD; MARSH;

BARATARIA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141737583     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1598104     Document Type: Article

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