Multi-site, multi-frequency tensor decomposition of magnetotelluric data

1996 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 281-284

  McNeice, Gary W ^a   Jones, Alan G ^b  

^a Phoenix Geophysics Limited of Eastern Europe and Central Asia   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TENSORS;

DE FACTO STANDARD; DISTORTION ANALYSIS; DISTORTION PARAMETERS; IMPEDANCE TENSOR; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MULTI FREQUENCY; SYNTHETIC DATASETS; TENSOR DECOMPOSITION;

MAGNETOTELLURICS;

EID: 0344761791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1826619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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