Stable 3D inversion of MT data and its application to geothermal exploration

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Uchida, Toshihiro ^a   Sasaki, Yutaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D inversion; Geothermal reservoir; Magnetotelluric method; Ogiri geothermal area; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009344289     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG06223     Document Type: Article

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