Beyond smooth inversion: The use of nullspace projection for the exploration of non-uniqueness in MT

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-311

  Munoz G ^a   Rath, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverse theory; Magnetotellurics; Numerical techniques; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33645961581     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02825.x     Document Type: Article

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