Cooperative inversion of time domain electromagnetic and magnetometer data for the discrimination of unexploded ordnance

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-210

  Pasion, Leonard R ^a,b   Billings, Stephen D ^b   Kingdon, Kevin A ^b   Oldenburg, Douglas W ^a   Lhomme, Nicolas ^a,b   Jacobson, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Sky Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETOMETERS; ORDNANCE; SURVEYS;

DEPTH OF INVESTIGATION; DISCRIMINATION ABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTIONS (EMI); INTERPRETATION METHODS; REMEDIATION PROJECTS; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; YUMA PROVING GROUNDS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EXPLOSIVE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MAGNETOMETER;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUMA;

YUMA;

EID: 55349138120     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/jeeg13.3.193     Document Type: Article

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