Distortion of magnetotelluric data: Its identification and removal

The Magnetotelluric Method: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 219-302

  Jones, Alan G ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; STATISTICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHODS; PRECISE DEFINITION; REGIONAL EFFECTS; RESISTIVITY VARIATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139020138.008     Document Type: Chapter

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