Marine controlled source electromagnetics: Principles, methodologies, future commercial applications

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 675-700

  Edwards, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; Exploration; Gas hydrate; Investment; Marine; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NATURAL GAS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HANKEL TRANSFORMS; MARINE CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETICS; OFFSHORE HYDROCARBON DETECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EXPLORATION;

EID: 29444459746     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1830-3     Document Type: Article

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