Improved methods for solving for the magnetic field in E-polarization induction problems with fixed and staggered grids

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 437-446

  Weaver, J T ^a   Pu, X H ^a,b   Agarwal, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earth conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; Finite difference methods; Numerical techniques; Staggered grid

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FIXED GRID; MAGNETIC FIELD; STAGGERED GRID;

EID: 0030476299     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05301.x     Document Type: Article

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