Approximations for the 2-D coast effect on marine magnetotelluric data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 357-368

  Worzewski, Tamara ^a   Jegen, Marion ^a   Swidinsky, Andrei ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic theory; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation; Magnetic field; Magnetotelluric; Marine electromagnetics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CHARACTERISTIC DISTANCE; COAST EFFECTS; COASTAL MODELS; CONDUCTIVITY ANOMALIES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HOST RESPONSE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: MODELLING AND INTERPRETATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MODELLING STUDIES; NATURAL SOURCES; OCEAN DEPTH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SEA FLOOR; SHOW THROUGH;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOTELLURICS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 84858616319     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05385.x     Document Type: Article

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