Long-period (30 days-1 year) electromagnetic sounding and the electrical conductivity of the lower mantle beneath Europe

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 179-187

  Olsen, Nils ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; Geomagnetic variations; Mantle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LOWER MANTLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032821828     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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