Gravity/topography admittance inversion on Venus using niching genetic algorithms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Lawrence, Kristin P ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; VOLCANOES;

TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALGORITHM; GRAVITY; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY; VENUS;

EID: 17744413696     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017515     Document Type: Article

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