3D inversion of a scalar radio magnetotelluric field data set

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 791-802

  Newman, Gregory A ^a   Recher, Stephan ^b   Tezkan, Bülent ^b   Neubauer, Fritz M ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COAL; CONTAMINATION; POLARIZATION; SAND;

DATA SETS; MAGNETOTELLURIC (MT) FIELD DATA SETS; SCALAR MODES;

GEOPHYSICS;

BURIED STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 8144221502     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1581032     Document Type: Article

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