Integrating geological and geophysical data through advanced constrained inversions

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-341

  Lelìvre, Peter G ^a   Oldenburg, Douglas W ^a   Williams, Nicholas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative inversion; Geological constraints; Geophysical inversion; Mineral exploration.

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE INVERSION; EARTH MODELS; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL INVERSION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; INVERSION METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM STRUCTURES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; ORIENTATION INFORMATION; REALISTIC MODEL; ROCK SAMPLE; ROCK UNITS; SHARP INTERFACE;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; INTEGRATION; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILICATE MINERALS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 72049102358     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG09012     Document Type: Article

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