Three-dimensional geomagnetic response functions for global and semi-global scale induction problems

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-144

  Shimizu, Hisayoshi ^a   Koyama, Takao ^a   Baba, Kiyoshi ^a   Utada, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composition of the mantle; Electrical properties; Electromagnetic theory; Geomagnetic induction; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 67650146316     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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