The application of fractional calculus to potential field data

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Cooper, Gordon ^a   Cowan, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Cowan Geodata Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytic signals; Edge detection; Euler deconvolution; Gradients; Pole reduction; Sunshading

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009383150     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG03051     Document Type: Article

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