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85.15 Nonlinear inversion by direct search using the neighbourhood algorithm

A Parallel Tempering algorithm for probabilistic sampling and multimodal optimization

A dynamic objective function technique for generating multiple solution models in seismic tomography

A holistic approach to inversion of frequency-domain airborne EM data

scholarly article

A numerical method for solving partial differential equations on highly irregular evolving grids

scientific article published in Nature

A practical grid-based method for tracking multiple refraction and reflection phases in three-dimensional heterogeneous media

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A probabilistic approach for estimating the separation between a pair of earthquakes directly from their coda waves

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A regionalized upper mantle (RUM) seismic model

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A self-parametrizing partition model approach to tomographic inverse problems

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A statistical fracture model for Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers

scientific article

Adaptive whole Earth tomography

An objective rationale for the choice of regularisation parameter with application to global multiple-frequency <i>S</i>-wave tomography

scholarly article by C. Zaroli et al published 15 October 2013 in Solid Earth

Assessing uncertainty in geophysical problems — Introduction

scholarly article

Attenuation tomography of the upper inner core

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Australian mean land-surface temperature

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Automatic differentiation in geophysical inverse problems

Bayesian noise-reduction in Arabia/Somalia and Nubia/Arabia finite rotations since ∼20 Ma: Implications for Nubia/Somalia relative motion

scholarly article by Giampiero Iaffaldano et al published April 2014 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Benford's law in the natural sciences

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Constraints on coda wave interferometry estimates of source separation: the acoustic case

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Constraints on earthquake epicentres independent of seismic velocity models

scholarly article by T. Nicholson et al published March 2004 in Geophysical Journal International

Dynamical Lagrangian Remeshing (DLR): A new algorithm for solving large strain deformation problems and its application to fault-propagation folding

scientific article

Earth's Correlation Wavefield: Late Coda Correlation

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Efficient parallel inversion using the Neighbourhood Algorithm

Exploring multidimensional landscapes without a map

article by Malcolm Sambridge published 1 June 1998 in Inverse Problems

Finding acceptable models in nonlinear inverse problems using a neighbourhood algorithm

Frequency-dependent effects on global S-wave traveltimes: wavefront-healing, scattering and attenuation

GEOPHYSICS: An Ensemble View of Earth's Inner Core

scientific article published in Science

Genetic algorithm inversion for receiver functions with application to crust and uppermost mantle structure beneath eastern Australia

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Genetic algorithms in seismic waveform inversion

scholarly article by Malcolm Sambridge & Guy Drijkoningen published May 1992 in Geophysical Journal International

Genetic algorithms: A powerful tool for large-scale nonlinear optimization problems

scholarly article by Kerry Gallagher & Malcolm Sambridge published August 1994 in Computers and Geosciences

Genetic algorithms: An evolution from Monte Carlo Methods for strongly non-linear geophysical optimization problems

scholarly article by Kerry Gallagher et al published December 1991 in Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical imaging using trans-dimensional trees

Geophysical inversion with a neighbourhood algorithm-I. Searching a parameter space

Geophysical inversion with a neighbourhood algorithm-II. Appraising the ensemble

Geophysical parametrization and interpolation of irregular data using natural neighbours

article by Malcolm Sambridge et al published December 1995 in Geophysical Journal International

GlobalPwave tomography of Earth's lowermost mantle from partition modeling

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Guest Editors' Introduction

Holistic inversion of frequency-domain airborne electromagnetic data with minimal prior information

How do we understand and visualize uncertainty?

Inference of abrupt changes in noisy geochemical records using transdimensional changepoint models

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Inversion for multiple parameter classes

Inversion of massive surface wave data sets: Model construction and resolution assessment

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Irregular interface parametrization in 3-D wide-angle seismic traveltime tomography

Is there a link between geomagnetic reversal frequency and paleointensity? A Bayesian approach

scientific article

Laser ablation U-series analysis of fossil bones and teeth

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Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling methods to determine optimal models, model resolution and model choice for Earth Science problems

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Modelling landscape evolution on geological time scales: a new method based on irregular spatial discretization

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Monte Carlo analysis of inverse problems

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Monte Carlo methods in geophysical inverse problems

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Multiarrival wavefront tracking and its applications

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Multipathing, reciprocal traveltime fields and raylets

Multiple reflection and transmission phases in complex layered media using a multistage fast marching method

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Multitechnique Assessment of the Interannual to Multidecadal Variability in Steric Sea Levels: A Comparative Analysis of Climate Mode Fingerprints

scholarly article by Julia Pfeffer et al published September 2018 in Journal of Climate

New insight into Cainozoic sedimentary basins and Palaeozoic suture zones in southeast Australia from ambient noise surface wave tomography

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Noise Estimation of Remote Sensing Reflectance Using a Segmentation Approach Suitable for Optically Shallow Waters

article by Stephen Sagar et al published December 2014 in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

On entropy and clustering in earthquake hypocentre distributions

scholarly article by T. Nicholson et al published July 2000 in Geophysical Journal International

On the nature of the P-wave velocity gradient in the inner core beneath Central America

On the relationship between volcanic hotspot locations, the reconstructed eruption sites of large igneous provinces and deep mantle seismic structure

scholarly article by D.R. Davies et al published February 2015 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Optimal regularization for a class of linear inverse problem

Parallel tempering for strongly nonlinear geoacoustic inversion

scientific article published in November 2012

Phase space methods for multi-arrival wavefronts

Prediction under uncertainty in reservoir modeling

Probabilistic surface reconstruction from multiple data sets: An example for the Australian Moho

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Quantifying Uncertainty in Flow Functions Derived from SCAL Data

Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part I. Physical and mathematical development

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Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part II. Experimental evaluation and development of a protocol for quantitative analysis of mineral IR spectra

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REDBACK: Open-source software for efficient noise-reduction in plate kinematic reconstructions

scholarly article by Giampiero Iaffaldano et al published April 2014 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Ray perturbation theory for traveltimes and ray paths in 3-D heterogeneous media

Reconstructing plate-motion changes in the presence of finite-rotations noise

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Reconstructing time series and their uncertainty from observations with universal noise

Relocating a Cluster of Earthquakes Using a Single Seismic Station

scholarly article by D. J. Robinson et al published 5 November 2013 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Reply [to “Comment on ‘The ambiguity in ray perturbation theory’ by Roel Snieder and Malcolm Sambridge”]

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SEISMIC TRAVELTIME TOMOGRAPHY OF THE CRUST AND LITHOSPHERE

Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene

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Seismic Tomography and the Assessment of Uncertainty

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Seismic moment tensor inversion using a 3-D structural model: applications for the Australian region

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Seismic ray tracing and wavefront tracking in laterally heterogeneous media

Seismic tomography with irregular meshes

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Seismic tomography with the reversible jump algorithm

Seismic wavefront tracking in 3D heterogeneous media: applications with multiple data classes

Silicon isotopic fractionation in marine sponges: A new model for understanding silicon isotopic variations in sponges

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Slow-downs and speed-ups of India–Eurasia convergence since ∼ 20 Ma : Data-noise, uncertainties and dynamic implications

scholarly article by Giampiero Iaffaldano et al published April 2013 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Tectonic interpretation of aftershock relocations in eastern Papua New Guinea using teleseismic data and the arrival pattern method

article by Paul Tregoning et al published March 2005 in Geophysical Journal International

The Australian Seismometers in Schools Network: Education, Outreach, Research, and Monitoring

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The Impact of Uncertain Centrifuge Capillary Pressure on Reservoir Simulation

The ambiguity in ray perturbation theory

scientific article published in 1993

The applicability of ray perturbation theory to mantle tomography

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The fast marching method: an effective tool for tomographic imaging and tracking multiple phases in complex layered media

article published in 2005

The inverse problem of unpolarized infrared spectroscopy of geological materials: Estimation from noisy random sampling of a quadratic form

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 103 no. 8, August 2018

The resolution of past heat flow in sedimentary basins from non-linear inversion of geochemical data: the smoothest model approach, with synthetic examples

The shuffling rotation of the Earth’s inner core revealed by earthquake doublets

scientific article (publication date: 12 May 2013)

Three-dimensional empirical traveltimes: construction and applications

article published in 2004

Tomoeye: A Matlab package for visualization of three-dimensional tomographic models

scholarly article by A. Gorbatov et al published April 2004 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Tomographic systems of equations with irregular cells

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Trans-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction With Different Classes of Parameterization

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Trans-dimensional Bayesian attenuation tomography of the upper inner core

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Trans-dimensional Bayesian inversion of airborne electromagnetic data for 2D conductivity profiles

Trans-dimensional finite-fault inversion

Trans-dimensional inverse problems, model comparison and the evidence

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Transdimensional inference in the geosciences.

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion

article by Thomas Bodin et al published February 2012 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Transdimensional tomography with unknown data noise

article by Thomas Bodin et al published 4 April 2012 in Geophysical Journal International

Tsunami source uncertainty estimation: The 2011 Japan tsunami

U-series dating of bone in an open system: The diffusion-adsorption-decay model

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Using Benford's law to investigate Natural Hazard dataset homogeneity

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Using coda wave interferometry for estimating the variation in source mechanism between double couple events

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Wave front evolution in strongly heterogeneous layered media using the fast marching method