Constrained inversion of gravity fields for complex 3-D structures

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 501-510

  Moraes, Roberto A V ^a   Hansen, R O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b deRidder and Johnson Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GRAVITATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANOES; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

POLYHEDRAL MODELS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CONSTRAINED INVERSIONS; GRAVITY INTERPRETATION; JACOBIAN CALCULATIONS; PARAMETER CORRECTION; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; TRUST-REGION METHODS; VOLCANIC STRUCTURES;

GEOPHYSICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

DATA INVERSION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 85000330697     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444940     Document Type: Article

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