A framework for 3-D joint inversion of MT, gravity and seismic refraction data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 477-493

  Moorkamp, Max ^a   Heincke, Björn ^a   Jegen, Marion ^a   Roberts, Alan W ^b   Hobbs, Richard W ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Inverse theory; Magnetotelluric; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DIRECT COUPLING; EARTH STRUCTURES; GRADIENT APPROACH; GRADIENT COUPLING; GRAVITY DATA; INDEPENDENT VALUES; INVERSE THEORY; INVERSION RESULTS; JOINT INVERSION; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEISMIC REFRACTION DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPURIOUS FEATURES; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY;

MAGNETOTELLURICS; MODELS; SEISMOGRAPHS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650160974     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04856.x     Document Type: Article

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