Modification of the network-MT method and its first application in imaging the deep conductivity structure beneath the Kii Peninsula, southwestern Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 957-971

  Yamaguchi, Satoru ^a   Uyeshima, Makoto ^b   Murakami, Hideki ^c   Sutoh, Sirou ^a   Tanigawa, Daichi ^a   Ogawa, Tsutomu ^b   Oshiman, Naoto ^d   Yoshimura, Ryokei ^d   Aizawa, Koki ^b,d   Shiozaki, Ichiro ^e   Kasaya, Takafumi ^f  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Conductive zone; Deep low frequency tremor; Electrical conductivity; Kii Peninsula; Network MT; Philippine sea plate; Telephone line network

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 72549113077     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352946     Document Type: Article

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