Parallel finite element algorithm with domain decomposition for three-dimensional magnetotelluric modelling

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-351

  Zyserman, Fabio I ^a   Santos, Juan E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Electromagnetic field; Finite element analysis; Magnetotelluric methods; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; MAGNETOTELLURIC MODELING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE COMMEMI;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 0033923149     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(00)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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