Normalized impedance function and the straightforward inversion scheme for magnetotelluric data

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 523-531

  Niwas, Sri ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Gaur, V K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Apparent resistivity; Magnetotelluric; Straightforward inversion

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 33747879116     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702028     Document Type: Article

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