Anomalous phases exceeding 90° in magnetotellurics: Anisotropic model studies and a field example

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 308-318

  Heise, Wiebke ^a   Pous, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Electrical conductivity; Magnetotellurics; Phases

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANOMALY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 0142120376     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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