An inversion approach to generate electromagnetic conductivity images from signal data

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-95

  Triantafilis, J ^a   Terhune, C H ^a,b   Monteiro Santos, F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alluvial clay plains; DUALEM 421; EM34; Joint inversion; Modelling; Prior stream channels

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CLAY; DUALEM-421; EM34; JOINT-INVERSION; STREAM CHANNELS;

CLAY DEPOSITS; CULTIVATION; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CORRELATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOIL PROPERTY;

AUSTRALIA; GWYDIR VALLEY; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84875638735     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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