On the physics of the marine controlled-source electromagnetic method

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Um, Evan Schankee ^a,b   Alumbaugh, David Lee ^a,c  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Geophysical prospecting; Geophysical techniques; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEAWATER;

CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC (CSEM) METHOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL CURRENT-DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 33947131806     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2432482     Document Type: Article

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