Maximum-likelihood estimation of lithospheric flexural rigidity, initial-loading fraction and load correlation, under isotropy

• Published in: Geophysical journal international Vol. 193; no. 3; pp. 1300 - 1342
• Main Authors: Simons, Frederik J., Olhede, Sofia C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Fourier analysis; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Inverse theory; Lithospheric flexure
• ISSN: 0956-540X; 1365-246X
• DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt056

Topography and gravity are geophysical fields whose joint statistical structure derives from interface-loading processes modulated by the underlying mechanics of isostatic and flexural compensation in the shallow lithosphere. Under this dual statistical-mechanistic viewpoint an estimation problem ca...