Inversion of potential field data: theory and applications in gravimetry and magnetometry

This thesis deals with the inversion of potential field data. Theoretical aspects and applications in gravimetry and magnetometry are treated. Inverse theory provides mathematical techniques to obtain useful infonnation about the earth based on measurements (data). These techniques estimate numerically parameters which have some properties of the earth. These properties are called model parameters and are related to data by a theory or model. The object of all inversion methods is to obtain a model which is consistent with all available data and is physically plausible.