WSINV3DMT: Vertical magnetic field transfer function inversion and parallel implementation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 317-329

  Siripunvaraporn, Weerachai ^a   Egbert, Gary ^b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D inversion; Data space method; Magnetotellurics; Occam's inversion; Vertical magnetic transfer function

Indexed keywords

BLOCK CODES; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D INVERSION; DATA SPACE METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURICS; OCCAM'S INVERSION; VERTICAL MAGNETIC TRANSFER FUNCTION;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AMPLITUDE; DATA INVERSION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOSTATISTICS; LINEARITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MATRIX; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 62949241218     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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