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Three-dimensional gravity inversion based on the mass property model is very popular in recent years. The time and efficiency of inversion algorithms is relative to the magnitude of the target mesh. One approach is to search over the entire solution space for a more refi ned result. However, the inversion will be difficult with the increased parameters in the large search space and the number of computations increases exponentially. In this paper, we propose a novel approach based on the frequency characteristics of the density distribution over the mesh. The purposes of our study are to reduce the parameters of threedimensional gravity inversion and to lighten the image quality of the inversion result. The results show that the new method can expedite the inversion processing and get a better geological interpretation than tradition methods.
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Shi, C., Jian, Z. & Yaolin, S. Gravity inversion using the frequency characteristics of the density distribution. Appl. Geophys. 5, 99–106 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-008-0018-2
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