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2007
Click to download 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.
2006
Click to download How do we understand and visualize uncertainty ?
Sambridge, M. Beghein, C. Simons, F. and Snieder, R., The Leading Edge, 25,542-546, 2006.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Efficient parallel inversion using the Neighbourhood Algorithm
Rickwood, P. and Sambridge, M., Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst, 7,Q11001, doi: 10.1029/2006GC001246, 2006.
Click to download A holistic approach to inversion of frequency domain airborne EM data.
Brodie, R., and Sambridge, M., Geophysics, 71, No. 6, pp G301-G312, 2006.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Phase space methods for multi arrival wavefronts
Hauser, J., Sambridge, M. and Rawlinson, N., Explor. Geophys., 37, 331-336, 2006.
2005  

Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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  

Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Prediction under Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling
Subbey, S., Christie, M., and Sambridge, M., Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 44, 143-153, 2004.
2003  

Click to download An ensemble view of Earth's inner core
Sambridge, M., Science, 299, 529-530. Science HTML version available here
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Nonlinear inversion by direct search using the neighbourhood algorithm
Sambridge, M., Int. Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, 81B, Ch. 85-15, 1635-1637.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Seismic Traveltime Tomography of the Crust and Lithosphere
N. Rawlinson, and M. Sambridge, Adv. in Geophys., 46, 81-198.
2002
Click to download Hypocenter location by pattern recognition
Nicholson, T., Sambridge, M., and Gudmundsson, O., 2002. J. Geophys. Res., 107,
10.1029/2000JB000035 19 June 2002.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download Quantifying Uncertainty in Reservoir Performance Prediction
Subbey, S, Christie, M, and Sambridge, M. EAGE 64th Conference & Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 27 - 30 May 2002.
Click to download Quantifying Prediction Uncertainty in Reservoir Modelling using Streamline Simulation
Christie, M. Subbey, S., Sambridge, M. Thiele, M., 5th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 2002.
Click to download Monte Carlo analysis of inverse problems
Mosegaard, K., and Sambridge, M., Inverse Problems, 18, R29-R54, 2002.
Click to download Monte Carlo methods in Geophysical inverse problems
Sambridge, M., and Mosegaard, K., Rev. Geophys., 40, doi:10.1029/2000RG000089 5 December 2002.
 

2001
Click to download 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.
Click to download Seismic Event Location: Nonlinear Inversion Using a Neighbourhood Algorithm,
Sambridge, M. S., and Kennett, B. L. N., Pure. appl. geophys., 158, 241-257, 2001.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download On Entropy and clustering in earthquake hypocentre distributions,
Nicholson, T., Sambridge, M., and Gudmundsson, O., 2000. Geophys. J. Int., 142, 37-51.  

1999  

Click to download Geophysical Inversion with a Neighbourhood Algorithm -I.
Searching a parameter space

Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 138, 479-494, 1999. Colour PDF
Click to download Geophysical Inversion with a Neighbourhood Algorithm -II.
Appraising the ensemble

Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 138, 727-746, 1999. Colour PDF
1998  

Click to download Tomographic systems of equations with irregular cells,
Sambridge, M. , and Gudmundsson, O., J. Geophys. Res, 103, No. B1, 773-781, 1998. Colour postscript
Click to download 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.
Click to download Inversion for multiple parameter classes,
Kennett, B. L. N., and Sambridge, M., Geophys. J. Int., 135,304-306, 1998.
Click to download Searching multi-dimensional landscapes without a map
Sambridge, M., Inverse Problems, 14, 427-440, 1998.
1997
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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.
Click to download 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
Click to download 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.  

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