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Volume 57, Issue 4
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Abstract

ABSTRACT

The interpretation of potential and electromagnetic fields observed over 3D geological structures remains one of the most challenging problems of exploration geophysics. In this paper I present an overview of novel methods of inversion and imaging of gravity and electromagnetic data, which are based on new advances in the regularization theory related to the application of special stabilizing functionals, which allow the reconstruction of both smooth images of the underground geological structures and models with sharp geological boundaries. I demonstrate that sharp‐boundary geophysical inversion can improve the efficiency and resolution of the inverse problem solution. The methods are illustrated with synthetic and practical examples of the 3D inversion of potential and electromagnetic field data.

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