Marine magnetotellurics for petroleum exploration. Part II: Numerical analysis of subsalt resolution

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 826-840

  Hoversten, G Michael ^a   Morrison, H Frank ^a   Constable, Steven C ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SALTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

MARINE MAGNETOTELLURICS; SUBSALT RESOLUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MARINE SURVEY; SALT;

EID: 0032076388     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444394     Document Type: Article

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