Forward and inverse self-potential modeling in mineral exploration

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mendonça, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CURRENT SOURCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; GEOELECTRIC TARGETS; SELF-POTENTIAL FIELDS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; GOLD; GREEN FUNCTION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORE BODY; SELF POTENTIAL;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38149106626     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2821191     Document Type: Article

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