3D inversion of airborne electromagnetic data using a moving footprint

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Cox, Leif H ^a,b   Wilson, Glenn A ^b   Zhdanov, Michael S ^b,c  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b TechnoImaging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; airborne; Bookpurnong; electromagnetic; footprint; inversion; regularisation; RESOLVE.

Indexed keywords

3D; AIRBORNE; BOOKPURNONG; ELECTROMAGNETIC; FOOTPRINT; INVERSION; REGULARISATION; RESOLVE.;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SURVEYS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650325804     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG10003     Document Type: Article

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