Modeling temporal variations of electrical resistivity associated with pore pressure change in a kilometer-scale natural system

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Hautot, Sophie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Magnetotellurics; Resistivity; Static distortion; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745966462     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000859     Document Type: Article

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