The practical application of 2D inversion to marine controlled-source electromagnetic data

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Weitemeyer, Karen ^a   Gao, Guozhong ^b   Constable, Steven ^a   Alumbaugh, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Schulumberger Doll Research Center   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GAGES; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

APPARENT RESISTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC; CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC (CSEM); FORWARD MODELING; GEOMETRIC CONTROL; SEAFLOOR BATHYMETRY; TRANSMISSION FREQUENCIES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; BENCHMARKING; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; WATER DEPTH;

HYDRATE RIDGE; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857240171     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3506004     Document Type: Article

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