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Table 4 Investigation of how inverting different components of the impedance tensor and tipper affects the final model

From: Quality over quantity: on workflow and model space exploration of 3D inversion of MT data

Components inverted

Iterations

KSU

RMS inverted

RMS full Z and T

RMS full Z

RMS T

Full Z and T

147

5.3

1.75

1.75

1.77

1.72

T only

110

6.2

1.05

19.25

23.6

1.05

Full Z only

4

171

1.58

5.89

1.58

9.91

Zxy, Zyx only

6.7

185

1.24

5.95

2.9

9.42

  1. The final RMS is given for the components that were inverted (column 3). The RMS is also given for a forward calculated model for the full impedance tensor and tipper, and the RMS for this overall (column 4) and the individual Z (column 5) and T (column 6) are also given