Influence of the improbable in earth sciences

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-251

  Whitten, E H Timothy ^a  

^a Lower Bonehill Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Black swan' effect; Extreme value data; Forward model; Inverse model; Nonlinear geophysics; Nugget

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; FORWARD MODELING; GEOPHYSICS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CYGNUS ATRATUS;

EID: 77956187093     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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