Lithological classification assisted by the joint inversion of electrical and seismic data at a control site in northeast Mexico

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-102

  Infante, Victor ^a   Gallardo, Luis A ^b   Montalvo Arrieta, Juan C ^a   Navarro de León, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical tomography; Geophysical signatures; Geospectral imaging; Joint inversion; Northeast Mexico; Seismic refraction tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SITES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL TOMOGRAPHY; GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION; JOINT INVERSION; LITHOLOGICAL FEATURES; ME-XICO; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW BOREHOLES; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS; TEST SITE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITHOLOGY; REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 76349101414     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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