Inverse Theory and Applications in Geophysics (Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics) - Hardcover

Zhdanov, Michael S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444626743 ISBN 13: 9780444626745

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2015

Synopsis

Geophysical Inverse Theory and Applications, Second Edition, brings together fundamental results developed by the Russian mathematical school in regularization theory and combines them with the related research in geophysical inversion carried out in the West. It presents a detailed exposition of the methods of regularized solution of inverse problems based on the ideas of Tikhonov regularization, and shows the different forms of their applications in both linear and nonlinear methods of geophysical inversion. It’s the first book of its kind to treat many kinds of inversion and imaging techniques in a unified mathematical manner.The book is divided in five parts covering the foundations of the inversion theory and its applications to the solution of different geophysical inverse problems, including potential field, electromagnetic, and seismic methods. Unique in its focus on providing a link between the methods used in gravity, electromagnetic, and seismic imaging and inversion, it represents an exhaustive treatise on inversion theory.Written by one of the world’s foremost experts, this work is widely recognized as the ultimate researcher’s reference on geophysical inverse theory and its practical scientific applications.

• Presents state-of-the-art geophysical inverse theory developed in modern mathematical terminology―the first to treat many kinds of inversion and imaging techniques in a unified mathematical way
• Provides a critical link between the methods used in gravity, electromagnetic, and seismic imaging and inversion, and represents an exhaustive treatise on geophysical inversion theory
• Features more than 300 illustrations, figures, charts and graphs to underscore key concepts
• Reflects the latest developments in inversion theory and applications and captures the most significant changes in the field over the past decade

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About the Author

Michael Zhdanov has been a professor at the University of Utah, Utah, United States, since 1993 and has been the director of CEMI since 1995. He
received a Ph.D. in 1970 from Moscow State University. He was a professor at the Moscow Academy of Oil and Gas and head of the Department of Deep Electromagnetic Study before moving to the University of Utah. He was awarded an Honorary Diploma of Gauss Professorship by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany, in 1990 and was elected a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 1991. He received an Honorary Professorship from the China National Center of Geological Exploration Technology in 1997 and an Honorary Membership Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2013. Dr. Zhdanov was elected as a distinguished professor at the University of Utah in 2016. He has been a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy since 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444626743
• ISBN 13: 9780444626745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 730