Joint two-dimensional cross-gradient imaging of magnetotelluric and seismic traveltime data for structural and lithological classification

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1261-1272

  Gallardo, Luis A ^a   Meju, Max A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal and upper mantle structure; Inversion; Magnetotellurics; Refraction seismology; Structure classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOFACIES; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 34250182785     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03366.x     Document Type: Article

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