Direct interpretation of magnetotelluric sounding data based on the frequency-normalized impedance function

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-37

  Başokur, Ahmet T ^a   Kaya, Cemal ^b   Ulugergerli, Emin U ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

FREQUENCY NORMALIZED IMPEDANCE FUNCTION; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; NONLINEAR INVERSION METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA PROCESSING; FREQUENCY NORMALIZED IMPEDANCE FUNCTION; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING;

EID: 0030946810     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.3220261.x     Document Type: Article

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