Determination of the 3-D distribution of electrical conductivity in Earth's mantle from Swarm satellite data: Frequency domain approach based on inversion of induced coefficients

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1247-1256

  Püthe, Christoph ^a   Kuvshinov, Alexey ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D electromagnetic induction; 3 D inversion; Frequency domain; Mantle conductivity anomalies

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84897584693     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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