Inversion of magnetotelluric data in the presence of strong bathymetry/ topography

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-268

  Li, Shenghui ^a,b   Booker, John R ^a   Aprea, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BATHYMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; TOPOGRAPHY;

INVERSION ALGORITHMS; MAGNETOTELLURIC;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; DATA INVERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 39349084087     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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