Characterization of the magnetotelluric tensor in terms of its invariants

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-336

  Weaver, J T ^a   Agarwal, A K ^a   Lilley, F E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Impedance tensor; Invariants; Magnetotellurics; Skew

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 0034080772     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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