A realistic 3-D resistivity model explaining anomalous large magnetotelluric phases: The L-shaped conductor model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-17

  Ichihara, Hiroshi ^a,b   Mogi, Toru ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetotelluric; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 70349986201     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04310.x     Document Type: Article

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