Three-dimensional topography corrections of magnetotelluric data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 464-474

  Nam, Myung Jin ^a,c   Kim, Hee Joon ^b   Song, Yoonho ^c   Lee, Tae Jong ^c   Suh, Jung Hee ^d  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetotelluric; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 48249111423     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03817.x     Document Type: Article

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