Optimized trishear inverse modeling

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 546-560

  Cardozo, Nestor ^a   Aanonsen, Sigurd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; Optimization; Trishear; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

3D INVERSION; A-PLANE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FIT PARAMETERS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION METHOD; GRID-SEARCH METHOD; INVERSE MODELING; LOCAL MINIMUMS; LOS ANGELES BASIN; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PARAMETER SPACES; SIMPLEX OPTIMIZATION; STRAIGHT LINES; TRISHEAR; UNCERTAINTY;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ANTICLINE; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349198584     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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