One-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion using an adaptation of Zohdy's resistivity method

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1027-1044

  Hobbs, B A ^a   Dumitrescu, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

ONE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOTELLURIC INVERSION; ZOHDY'S RESISTIVITY METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETOTELLURICS; RESISTIVITY; RESISTIVITY MODEL;

EID: 0031277675     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.670302.x     Document Type: Article

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