Electrical conductivity structures estimated by thin sheet inversion, with special attention to the Beppu-Shimabara graben in central Kyushu, Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 605-612

  Handa, Shun ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beppu Shimabara graben; Electrical conductivity; GDS; Inversion; Thin sheet model

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GRABEN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; WORLD;

EID: 23944473160     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351839     Document Type: Article

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