Electrical conductivity in the lower mantle: Constraints from CHAMP satellite data by time-domain EM induction modelling

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Velímský, Jakub ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

D layer; Electrical conductivity; EM induction

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURES; EARTH CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRID SEARCH; LOWER MANTLE; MODEL SPACES; OPTIMAL MODEL; QUASI-NEWTON; SATELLITE DATA; TIME DOMAIN; UPPER LIMITS; VECTOR MAGNETOMETER;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LOWER MANTLE; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTOR;

EID: 77953293089     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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