The paradox of anisotropy in electromagnetic loop-loop responses over a uniaxial half-space

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 892-899

  Al Garni, Mansour ^a   Everett, Mark E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EARTH CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTROPIC HALF-SPACE MODELS; APPARENT CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT FLOW; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC LOOP; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOMETRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 4444276649     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1581041     Document Type: Article

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