Ocean coast effect on magnetotelluric data: A case study from Kachchh, India

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Pandey, Dhananjai ^a,b   Sinha, Martin ^b   MacGregor, Lucy ^c   Singh, Satish ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping Plc   (United Kingdom)

^d IPG Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Coast effect; Deccan traps; Magnetotelluric

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOTELLURICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COAST EFFECTS; DECCAN TRAPS; HIGH FREQUENCY DATA; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; MAGNETOTELLURIC; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; VERY SHALLOW WATERS;

TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

COASTAL PLAIN; DECCAN TRAPS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MODELING;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF KUTCH; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 52749096732     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-008-9057-6     Document Type: Article

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