Inversion of teleseismic receiver function and magnetotelluric sounding to determine basement depth in the Paraná Basin, SE Brazil

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-242

  Zevallos, Iván ^a   Assumpção, Marcelo ^a   Padilha, Antonio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Genetic algorithm; Joint inversion; Low velocity zone; Magnetotellurics; Receiver function; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALTS; JOINT INVERSION; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; MAGNETOTELLURICS; RECEIVER FUNCTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BUILDINGS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; TECTONICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

BASALT;

BASEMENT ROCK; DATA INVERSION; FLOOD BASALT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; P-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

BRAZIL; ICA; NAZCA; PARANA BASIN; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349124338     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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