Malcolm Sambridge - publications

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2009

	TerraWulf II: Many hands make light work of data analysis, Sambridge, M. Tregoning, P., Bodin, T., McQueen, H., Watson, C., Bonnefoy, S., Preview, 140, 21-23, June 2009.
	Seismic tomography with the reversible jump algorithm, Bodin, T., and Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 178, 1411-1436, doi:i 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04226.x, 24th April 2009.
	A self-parameterising partition model approach to tomographic inverse problems Bodin, T., Sambridge, M., and Gallagher, K., Inverse Problems, 25, 055009, doi:10.1088/0266-5611/25/5/055009, 17th March 2009.
	Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling methods to determine optimal models, model resolution and model choice for Earth Science problems Gallagher, K., Charvin, Nielsen, S., Sambridge, M., and Stephenson, J., Marine and Petrol. Geol., 26, 525-535, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.003, 15th January 2009.
	Holistic inversion of frequency-domain airborne electromagnetic data with minimal prior information Brodie, R., and Sambridge, M., Explor. Geophys., 40, 765-778, 2009.

2008

	Multiarrival wavefront tracking and its applications Hauser, J., M. Sambridge, and N. Rawlinson Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,9,Q11001,doi:10.1029/2008GC002069, 6th November 2008.
	Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part I. Physical and mathematical development Sambridge, M., FitzGerald, J., Kovacs, I., O'Neill. H. St.C. and Hermann, J., American Mineralogist, 93, 751-764, doi:10.2138/am.2008.2657, 2008.
	Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part II. Experimental evaluation and development of a protocol for quantitative analysis of mineral IR spectra Kovacs, I., Hermann, J., O'Neill. H. St.C. FitzGerald, J., Sambridge, M. and Horváth, G., American Mineralogist, 93, 765-778, doi:10.2138/am.2008.2656, 2008.
	A dynamic objective function technique for generating multiple solution models in seismic tomography Rawlinson, N., Sambridge, M. and Saygin, E., Geophys. J. Int., 174, 295-308, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03810.x, 2008.

2007

	Seismic ray tracing and wavefront tracking in laterally heterogeneous media Rawlinson, N., Hauser, J. and Sambridge, M., 2007. Adv. in Geophys., 49,203-267.
	Automatic differentiation in geophysical inverse problems Sambridge, M., Rickwood, P., Rawlinson, N. and Sommacal, S., Geophys. J. Int., 170 ,1-8, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03400.x, 2007.
	Using coda wave interferometry for estimating the variation in source mechanism between double couple events, Robinson, D., Snieder, R. and Sambridge, M., J. Geophys. Res., 112,B12302, doi:1029/2007JB009425, 2007.
	Constraints on Coda Wave Interferometry Estimates of Source Separation: The Acoustic Case Robinson, D., Sambridge, M. and Snieder, R., Explr. Geophys., 38, No. 3, 189-199, doi:10.1071/EG07019, 2007.

2006

	How do we understand and visualize uncertainty ? Sambridge, M. Beghein, C. Simons, F. and Snieder, R., The Leading Edge, 25,542-546, 2006.
	Quantification of Uncertainty Due to Subgrid Heterogeneity in Reservoir Models Okano, H., Pickup, G.E., Christie, M.A., Subbey, S., Sambridge, M., Society of Petroleum Engineers Paper100223, presented at SPE Europec / EAGE Annual Conference, Vienna, Austria, 12-15 June 2006.
	Quantification of Uncertainty in Coarse-Scale Relative Permeabilities Due to Subgrid Heterogeneity Okano, H., Pickup, G.E., Christie, M.A., Subbey, S., Sambridge, M., presented at the 10th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 4-7 September 2006.
	A practical grid based method for tracking multiple refraction and reflection phases in 3D heterogeneous media de Kool, M., Rawlinson, N. and Sambridge, M., Geophy. J. Int., 167, 253-270, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03078.x., 2006.
	Trans-dimensional inverse problems, Model Comparision and the Evidence. Sambridge, M., Gallagher, K, Jackson, A and Rickwood, P., Geophy. J. Int., 167, 528-542, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X2006.03155.x, 2006.
	Efficient parallel inversion using the Neighbourhood Algorithm Rickwood, P. and Sambridge, M., Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 7,Q11001, doi: 10.1029/2006GC001246, 2006.
	A holistic approach to inversion of frequency domain airborne EM data. Brodie, R., and Sambridge, M., Geophysics, 71, No. 6, pp G301-G312, 2006.
	Quantifying uncertainty in flow functions derived from SCAL data Subbey, S., Monfared, H., Christie, M., and Sambridge, M., Transport in Porous Media, 65, No. 2, 265-286, doi: 10.1007/s11242-005-5998-2, 2006.
	Seismic wavefront tracking in 3-D heterogeneous media: applications with multiple data classes. Rawlinson, N., de Kool, M. and Sambridge, M., Explor. Geophys., 37, 322-330, 2006.
	Phase space methods for multi arrival wavefronts Hauser, J., Sambridge, M. and Rawlinson, N., Explor. Geophys., 37, 331-336, 2006.

2005  

	Tectonic interpretation of aftershock relocations in eastern Papua New Guinea using teleseismic data and the Arrival Pattern method. Tregoning, P., Sambridge, M., McQueen, H., Toulmin, S., and Nicholson, T., Geophy. J. Int., 160, 1103-1111, 2005.
	Uncertainty Estimation in Production Predictions Constrained by Production History and Time-Lapse Seismic in a GOM Oil Field. Litvak, M., Christie, M., Johnson, D., Colbert, J. and Sambridge, M., 2005. Society of Petroleum Engineers,SPE Reservoir Simulation symposium held in Houston, Texas, USA 31 Janaury-2 February, 2005, SPE93146, 1-9.
	Quantification of uncertainty in relative permeability for coarse-scale reservoir simulation Okano, H., Pickup, G.E., Christie, M.A., Subbey, S., Sambridge, M. and Monfared, H., 2005. Society of Petroleum Engineers,SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference held in Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June 2005, 1-11.
	Seismic Tomography with Irregular Meshes Sambridge, M. and Rawlinson, N., 2005. Seismic Earth: Array Analysis of Broadband Seismograms, Geophysical Monograph Series 157, Eds. A. Lavender and G. Nolet, , 49-65, 10.1029/156GM04.
	Softening a hard quadratic bound to a prior pdf - an example from geomagnetism A. Jackson, and M. Sambridge, Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Proc. XXV International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy methods in Science and Engineering , Eds. Knuth, K., Abbas, A. E., Morris, R. D.,Am. Inst. Phys., 2005.
	The fast marching method: An effective tool for tomographic imaging and tracking multiple phases in complex layered media, Rawlinson, N. and Sambridge M., Explor. Geophys., 36,341-350, 2005.

2004  

	Three-dimensional empirical traveltimes: construction and applications T. Nicholson, M. Sambridge, and O. Gudmundsson, Geophys. J. Int., 156, 307-328, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02137.x, 5th January 2004.
	Wave front evolution in strongly heterogeneous layered media using the fast marching method. N. Rawlinson, and M. Sambridge, Geophys. J. Int., 156, 631-647, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02153.x, 24th January 2004.
	Constraints on earthquake epicentres independent of seismic velocity models T. Nicholson, O. Gudmundsson and M. Sambridge, Geophys. J. Int., 156, 648-654, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02123.x, 28th January 2004.
	Inversion of massive surface wave data sets: Model construction and resolution assessment Debayle, E. and Sambridge, M. J. Geophys. Res., 109, No. B2, B02316, doi:10.1029/2003JB002652, 26 February 2004.
	Tomoeye: A Matlab package for visualization of three-dimensional tomographic models Gorbatov, A., Limaye, A. and Sambridge, M., Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, No. 4, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000653 9 April 2004.
	Multiple reflection and transmission phases in complex layered media using a multistage fast marching method Rawlinson, N., and Sambridge, M., Geophysics, 69, No. 5, 1338-1350, doi: 10.1190/1.1801950, 2004.
	The Impact of Uncertain Centrifuge Capillary Pressure on Reservoir Simulation Subbey, S., Christie, M., and M Sambridge, M., SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, 26, No. 2, 537-557, 2004.
	Prediction under Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling Subbey, S., Christie, M., and Sambridge, M., Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 44, 143-153, 2004.

2003  

	An ensemble view of Earth's inner core Sambridge, M., Science, 299, 529-530. Science HTML version available here
	A strategy for Rapid Quantification of Uncertainty in Reservoir Performance Prediction, S. Subbey, M. Christie and M. Sambridge, Society of Petroleum Engineers,SPE Reservoir Simulation symposium held in Houston, Texas, USA 3-5 February, 2003, SPE79678, 1-12.
	Adaptive whole Earth tomography Sambridge, M., Faletic, R., Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 4, No. 3, doi:10.1029/2001GC000213, 5 March 2003. HTML version available from G-cubed website.
	Signal Parameter Estimation for Sparse Arrays Kennett, B. L. N, Brown, D. J., Sambridge, M., and Tarlowski, C., Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 93, No. 4, 1765-1772, August 2003.
	Nonlinear inversion by direct search using the neighbourhood algorithm Sambridge, M., Int. Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, 81B, Ch. 85-15, 1635-1637.
	Irregular interface parametrization in 3-D wide-angle seismic traveltime tomography N. Rawlinson, and M. Sambridge, Geophys. J. Int., 155, 79-92, 16th Sepetmber 2003.
	Improved inversion for seismic structure using transformed, S-wavevector receiver functions: Removing the effect of the free surface A. Reading, B. Kennett, and M. Sambridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30,No. 19, 1981 10.1029/2003GL018090 04 October 2003.
	Seismic Traveltime Tomography of the Crust and Lithosphere N. Rawlinson, and M. Sambridge, Adv. in Geophys., 46, 81-198.

2002

	Hypocenter location by pattern recognition Nicholson, T., Sambridge, M., and Gudmundsson, O., 2002. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2000JB000035 19 June 2002.
	Uncertainty Reduction in Reservoir Modelling, Subbey, S, Christie, M, and Sambridge, M, 2002. in Fluid Flow and Transport in Porous Media: Mathematical and Numerical Treatment, Proceedings of an AMS-IMS-SIAM joint summer research conference, Eds. Z. Chen & R. Ewing, Am. Math. Soc., Providence, Rhode Island, pp 457-467.
	Constraints on the S-wave Velocity Structure in a Continental Shield From Surface-Wave Data: Comparing Linearized Least-Squares Inversion and the Direct-Search Neighbourhood Algorithm Snoke, J. A., and Sambridge, M., J. Geophys. Res., 107(B5), doi:10.1029/2001JB000498, 2002.
	Quantifying Uncertainty in Reservoir Performance Prediction Subbey, S, Christie, M, and Sambridge, M. EAGE 64th Conference & Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 27 - 30 May 2002.
	Quantifying Prediction Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling using Streamline Simulation Christie, M. Subbey, S., Sambridge, M. Thiele, M., 5th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 2002.
	Monte Carlo analysis of inverse problems Mosegaard, K., and Sambridge, M., Inverse Problems, 18, R29-R54, 2002.
	Monte Carlo methods in Geophysical inverse problems Sambridge, M., and Mosegaard, K., Rev. Geophys., 40, doi:10.1029/2000RG000089 5 December 2002.

2001

	A comparative study of explicit differential operators on arbitrary grids, Kaser, M., Igel, H., Sambridge, M., and Braun, J., 2001. J. Comp. Acoustics, 9, No 3, 1111-1125.
	Seismic Event Location: Nonlinear Inversion Using a Neighbourhood Algorithm, Sambridge, M. S., and Kennett, B. L. N., Pure. appl. geophys., 158, 241-257, 2001.
	Finding acceptable models in nonlinear inverse problems using a neighbourhood algorithm Sambridge, M., Inverse Problems, 17, 387-403, 2001.

2000

	Seismic Source Characterisation using a Neighbourhood Algorithm, Kennett, B. L. N., Marson-Pidgeon, K., and Sambridge, M., Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 20., 3401-3404, 2000.
	Source depth and Mechanism inversion at teleseismic distances using a neighbourhood algorithm Marson-Pidgeon, K., Kennett, B. L. N., and Sambridge, M., Bull. seism. Soc. am., 90, 1369-1383, 2000.
	On Entropy and clustering in earthquake hypocentre distributions, Nicholson, T., Sambridge, M., and Gudmundsson, O., 2000. Geophys. J. Int., 142, 37-51.

1999  

	Geophysical Inversion with a Neighbourhood Algorithm -I. Searching a parameter space Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 138, 479-494, 1999. Colour PDF
	Geophysical Inversion with a Neighbourhood Algorithm -II. Appraising the ensemble Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 138, 727-746, 1999. Colour PDF

1998  

	Tomographic systems of equations with irregular cells, Sambridge, M. , and Gudmundsson, O., J. Geophys. Res, 103, No. B1, 773-781, 1998. Colour postscript
	A regionalized upper mantle (RUM) seismic model, Gudmundsson, O., and Sambridge, M., J. Geophys. Res, 103, No. B4, 7121-7136, 1998. Colour postscript
	Inverse problems in geophysics: Closing the gap between theory and practice, Snieder, R., M. Sambridge, and F. Sanso, Inverse Problems, 14, 369-370, 1998.
	Inversion for multiple parameter classes, Kennett, B. L. N., and Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 135,304-306, 1998.
	Exploring multi-dimensional landscapes without a map Sambridge, M., Inverse Problems, 14, 427-440, 1998.

1997

	Modelling landscape evolution on geologic time scales: a new method based on irregular spatial discretization, Braun, J., and Sambridge, M. S., Basin Research, 9, 27-52, 1997.
	Propagating errors in decay equations: Examples from the $Re-Os$ isotopic system, Sambridge, M., and Lambert, D. D., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 61, No. 14, 3019-3024, 1997.

1996

	Computational methods for performing Natural Neighbour interpolation in two and three dimensions, Sambridge, M. S., Braun, J., and McQueen, H., Proceedings of the seventh Biennial conference on Computational techniques and applications (CTAC95), Eds. R. L. May and A. K. Easton, 685-692, 1996.
	Genetic algorithm inversion for receiver functions with application to crust and uppermost mantle structure beneath Eastern Australia, Shibutani, T., Kennett, B. and Sambridge, M., Geophys. Res. Lett., 23 , No. 4, 1829-1832, 1996.

1995

	Reply to a comment by C. Lomnitz on `Errors in hypocentre location: picking, model and magnitude dependence', Billings, S., Sambridge, M. S., and Kennett, B. L. N., Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 85, 1527-1528, 1995.
	Numerical ages of volcanic rocks and the earliest faunal zone within the Late Precambrian of east Poland, Compston, W., Sambridge, M. S., Reinfrank, R. F., Moczydlowska, M. , Vidal, G. Claesson, S., Journal of the Geological Society, London, 152, 599-611, 1995.
	A numerical method for solving partial differential equations on highly irregular evolving grids, Braun, J., and Sambridge, M. S., Nature, 376, 655-660, 1995.
	Geophysical prametrization and interpolation of irregular data using natural neighbours, Sambridge, M. S., Braun, J., and McQueen, H., Geophys. J. Int., 122, 837-857, 1995.

1994

	Reply to a comment by Farra, V., Madariaga R., and Virieux, J., on `The ambiguity in ray perturbation theory', Snieder, R., & Sambridge, M. S., J. Geophys. Res., 99, 21969-21970, 1994.
	Dynamic Lagrangian Remeshing (DLR): a new algorithm for solving large strain deformation problems and its applications to fault-propagating folding, Braun, J. and Sambridge, M. S., Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. , 124, 211-220, 1994.
	Genetic algorithms: a powerful tool for large-scale non-linear optimization problems, Gallagher, K. & Sambridge, M. S., Computers and Geosciences, 20, No. 7/8, 1229-1236, 1994.
	Hypocentre location: genetic algorithms incorporating problem specific information, Billings, S., Kennett, B. L. N., & Sambridge, M. S., Geophys. J. Int., 118, 693-706, 1994.
	Errors in hypocentre location: picking, model and magnitude dependence, Billings, S., Sambridge, M. S., and Kennett, B. L. N., Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 84, No. 6, 1978-1990, 1994.
	Mixture modeling of multi-component data sets with application to ion probe zircon ages, Sambridge, M. S., and Compston, W., Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 128, No. 3-4, 373-390, 1994.

1993

	The applicability of ray perturbation theory for mantle tomography, Sambridge, M. S., & Snieder, R., Geophys. Res. Lett. , 20, 73-76, 1993.
	Hypocentre location using genetic algorithms, Sambridge, M. S., & Gallagher, K., Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 83, no. 5, 1467-1491, 1993.
	The ambiguity in ray perturbation theory, Snieder, R., & Sambridge, M. S., J. Geophys. Res., 98, 22021-22034, 1993.

1992

	The resolution of past heat flow in sedimentary basins from non-linear inversion of geochemical data: the smoothest model approach, with synthetic examples, Gallagher, K. & Sambridge, M. S., Geophys. J. Int., 109, 78-95, 1992.
	Genetic algorithms in seismic waveform inversion, Sambridge, M. S. & Drijkoningen, G. G., Geophys. J. Int., 109, 323-342, 1992.
	Ray perturbation theory for travel times and raypaths in 3-D heterogeneous media, Snieder, R., & Sambridge, M. S., Geophys. J. Int., 109, 294-322, 1992.
	Earthquake location: genetic algorithms for teleseisms. Kennett, B. L. N., & Sambridge, M. S., Phys. Earth. Planet Int., 75, 103-110, 1992.

1991

	An alternative strategy for the non-linear inversion of seismic waveforms, Sambridge, M. S., Tarantola, A. & Kennett, B.L.N, Geophys. Prospec., 39, 723-736, 1991.
	Genetic algorithms: an evolution from Monte Carlo methods for strongly non-linear geophysical optimization problems, Gallagher, K., Sambridge, M. S., & Drijkoningen, G., G., Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2177-2180, 1991.

1990

	Boundary value ray tracing in a heterogeneous media: A simple and versatile algorithm, Sambridge, M. S. & Kennett, B. L. N., Geophys. J. Int., 101, 157-168, 1990.
	Non-linear arrival time inversion: constraining velocity anomalies by seeking smooth models in 3-D, Sambridge, M. S., Geophys. J. Int., 102, 653-677, 1990.

1988

Subspace methods for large scale inverse problems involving multiple parameter classes, Kennett, B. L. N., Sambridge, M. S., & Williamson, P.R., Geophys. J., 94, 237-247, 1988.

1986

	Earthquake location viewed as an inverse problem, Sambridge, M. S., Proc. of the centre for mathematical analysis, Australian National University, Workshop on inverse Problems., 95-114, 1986.
	A novel method of hypocentre location, Sambridge, M. S. & Kennett, B.L.N., Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 87 679-697, 1986.