Electromagnetic fields generated by finite-length wire sources: Comparison with point dipole solutions

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-374

  Streich, Rita ^a,b   Becken, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; Mathematical formulation; Modelling; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONTROLLED SOURCE; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DIPOLE FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EM FIELD; END POINTS; FINITE LENGTH; GENERAL EXPRESSION; LAYER STACKS; LAYERED MEDIA; MARINE SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MODELLING; NUMERICAL INTEGRAL; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POINT DIPOLE; SOURCE GEOMETRY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WIRE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 79551671929     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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