A statistical spatial power spectrum of the Earth's lithospheric magnetic field

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 605-620

  Thebault E ^a   Vervelidou, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic theory; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation; Satellite magnetics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; POWER SPECTRUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATION; INDUCED MAGNETIZATIONS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; LITHOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELD; SPATIAL POWER SPECTRUMS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; STATISTICAL EXPRESSION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937603307     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu463     Document Type: Article

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