Laterally constrained inversion of helicopter-borne frequency-domain electromagnetic data

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Siemon, Bernhard ^a   Auken, Esben ^b   Christiansen, Anders Vest ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Centroid depth; Helicopter borne electromagnetics; Laterally constrained inversion; Marquardt Levenberg inversion; Resistivity sections; Starting models

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HELICOPTERS; LOW PASS FILTERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

1-D INVERSIONS; AUTOMATIC GENERATIONS; CENTROID DEPTH; COMMON PROBLEMS; EARTH STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DATUM; FIELD DATUM; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; GEOPHYSICAL DATUM; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL CONDUCTORS; INVERSION PARAMETERS; INVERSION PROCEDURES; INVERSION RESULTS; LATERALLY CONSTRAINED INVERSION; MARQUARDT-LEVENBERG INVERSION; NOISE-FREE DATUM; NOISY DATUM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PENETRATION DEPTHS; RESISTIVITY MAPPINGS; RESISTIVITY SECTIONS; RESISTIVITY VARIATIONS; STANDARD INTERPRETATIONS; SURVEY AREAS; SYNTHETIC DATUM;

ENGINE MOUNTINGS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 62149140546     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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