Adaptive finite element modelling of two-dimensional magnetotelluric fields in general anisotropic media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 942-954

  Li, Yuguo ^a   Pek, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Magnetotelluric; Numerical approximation and analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BATHYMETRY; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 57049140079     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03955.x     Document Type: Article

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