On the electromagnetic fields produced by marine frequency domain controlled sources

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1429-1457

  Chave, Alan D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic theory; Marine electromagnetics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUATION; GREEN FUNCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 70450203572     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04367.x     Document Type: Article

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