3D gravity inversion of basement relief - A depth-dependent density approach

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chakravarthi, Vishnubhotla ^a   Sundararajan, Narasimman ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gravity; Petrology; Rocks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INDIA; PETROLOGY; POLYNOMIALS; ROCKS;

DENSITY INTERFACE; GRAVITY INVERSION TECHNIQUE; MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; SYNTHETIC GRAVITY ANOMALIES;

GRAVITATION;

ALGORITHM; BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN; DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLOGY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; PANNONIAN BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947138843     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2431634     Document Type: Article

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