Electromagnetic interrogation of the anisotropic Earth: Looking into the Earth with polarized spectacles

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 281-291

  Jones, Alan G ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic modelling; Magnetotellurics; Tensor decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELLING; MAGNETOTELLURICS; TENSOR DECOMPOSITION;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MODELING; POLARIZATION;

EID: 33748496235     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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