Inversion of magnetotelluric data for 2D structure with sharp resistivity contrasts

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-86

  de Groot Hedlin, Catherine ^a   Constable, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

LINEAR APPROXIMATION; SUBSURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURES; FORWARD MODELING; INVERSION METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIER APPROACH; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; LINEARIZED ALGORITHMS; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 1842433800     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1649377     Document Type: Article

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