Electrical structure in marine tectonic settings

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 701-731

  Baba, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Controlled source electromagnetics; Electrical conductivity; Magnetotellurics; Marine tectonic settings

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETISM; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETICS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MARINE TECTONIC SETTINGS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 29444457043     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1831-2     Document Type: Review

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