Detection of near-surface horizontal anisotropy in a weathered metamorphic schist at Llano Uplift (Texas) by transient electromagnetic induction

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 159-173

  Collins, Jamie L ^a   Everett, Mark E ^a   Johnson, Brann ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical anisotropy; Foliation; Geophysical prospecting; Schist; Time domain electromagnetics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; FOLIATION; METAMORPHIC SCHIST; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS;

PETROLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FOLIATION; PRECAMBRIAN; SCHIST; SEISMIC SURVEY; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

LLANO UPLIFT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748491695     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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