Mapping 3D salt using the 2D marine magnetotelluric method: Case study from Gemini Prospect, Gulf of Mexico

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Key, Kerry W ^a   Constable, Steven C ^a   Weiss, Chester J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Seismology; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTS;

BROADBAND MAGNETOTELLURIC (MT) SENSOR PACKAGE; MAPPING SALT STRUCTURES; MEXICO; SALT STRUCTURE; SEISMIC METHODS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SALT DOME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 31744438272     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2168007     Document Type: Article

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