Electric dipole fields over an anisotropic seafloor: Theory and application to the structure of 40 Ma Pacific Ocean lithosphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-56

  Everett, Mark E ^a   Constable, Steven ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic methods; Marine geophysics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0032932765     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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