Ocean bottom measurements of the Earth's electric field using long cable installed by ROV

2013 IEEE International Underwater Technology Symposium, UT 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Utada, H ^a   Baba, K ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Shiobara, H ^a   Tada, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CONVENTIONAL INSTRUMENTS; EARTH'S CRUST; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; LONG CABLES; MEASUREMENTS OF; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 84879454370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UT.2013.6519814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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