Joint inversion of teleseismic receiver functions and magnetotelluric data using a genetic algorithm: Are seismic velocities and electrical conductivities compatible?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Moorkamp, M ^a,b   Jones, A G ^a   Eaton, D W ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETOTELLURIC; TELESEISMIC;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MODELING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 35948977701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030519     Document Type: Article

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