Moment Estimation from Time Domain Electromagnetic Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory
2.1. Moment Estimation
2.2. MEGATEM
2.3. AeroTEM
2.4. Incomplete Moments
2.5. Normalization
2.6. Moment Estimation from Noisy Data
3. Results
3.1. Synthetic Models
3.2. Field Data
3.2.1. MEGATEM
3.2.2. AirTEM
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vallée, M.A.; Moussaoui, M. Moment Estimation from Time Domain Electromagnetic Data. Minerals 2024, 14, 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14090888
Vallée MA, Moussaoui M. Moment Estimation from Time Domain Electromagnetic Data. Minerals. 2024; 14(9):888. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14090888
Chicago/Turabian StyleVallée, Marc A., and Mouhamed Moussaoui. 2024. "Moment Estimation from Time Domain Electromagnetic Data" Minerals 14, no. 9: 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14090888