Three-dimensional regularized focusing inversion of gravity gradient tensor component data

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 925-937

  Zhdanov, Michael S ^a   Ellis, Robert ^b   Mukherjee, Souvik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DRILLING; GEOPHYSICS; MINERALS; TENSORS; FOCUSING; GRAVITATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORE DEPOSITS;

GRADIOMETER DATA; GRAVITY METHOD; INVERSION LAYER; AIRBORNE GRAVITIES; DENSITY ANOMALIES; GEOPHYSICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNOLOGIES; GRAVITY GRADIENT TENSORS; GRAVITY GRADIENTS; GRAVITY GRADIOMETER; INVERSION RESULTS;

GRAVITATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; DATA INVERSION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MINERAL EXPLORATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 4544270904     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1778236     Document Type: Article

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