Simultaneous time-lapse electrical resistivity inversion

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-411

  Hayley, Kevin ^a   Pidlisecky, A ^b   Bentley, L R ^b  

^a Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Hydrogeophysics; Inversion; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; AUTOMATED INVERSION; DATA SETS; DIFFERENCE IMAGES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ELECTRICAL-RESISTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; INVERSION; INVERSION METHODS; INVERSION RESULTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; RATIO METHOD; REFERENCE MODELS; REGULARIZATION PARAMETERS; SPATIAL SMOOTHING; TIME-LAPSE;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SMOOTHING;

EID: 80052539841     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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