Chapter 8 Three-dimensional magnetotelluric modeling and inversion: Application to sub-salt imaging

Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue C, 2002, Pages 127-152

  Newman, Gregory A ^a   Hoversten, G Michael ^b   Alumbaugh, David L ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 74849090451     PISSN: 00766895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6895(02)80090-7     Document Type: Article

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