A Bayesian approach to inverse modelling of stratigraphy, part 1: Method

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-25

  Charvin, Karl ^a,d   Gallagher, Kerry ^b   Hampson, Gary L ^a   Labourdette, Richard ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Chevron   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 58949083359     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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