The Application of Joint Inversion in Geophysical Exploration

Ákos Gyulai, Mátyás Krisztián Baracza, Éva Eszter Tolnai

Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary.

DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2013.42026                

Abstract

The paper presents a short overview about the application of joint inversion in geophysics. It gives also an alternative explanation for the term of “different data sets” and discusses what types of inversion procedures can be considered as joint inversion. Nowadays there are no standard standpoints using the appellation joint inversion. What is joint inversion? Based on the information matrix an answer could be given for this question what could be regarded as various types of data sets that are inverted simultaneously. We would like to expand the explanation—that is professed by many researchers—of the method that regards only the simultaneous inversion of data sets based on different physical parameters as joint inversion.

Keywords

Joint Inversion; Simultaneous Inversion; Geophysical; Serious Expansion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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