A comprehensive study of including structural orientation information in geophysical inversions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 623-637

  Lelièvre, Peter G ^a   Oldenburg, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Inverse theory; Magnetic anomalies: Modelling and interpretation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; EARTH STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 67749132536     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04188.x     Document Type: Article

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