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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583469103321

Autore

Zhdanov Michael S.

Titolo

Foundations of geophysical electromagnetic theory and methods / / Michael S. Zhdanov, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Elsevier

ISBN

0-444-63890-3

Disciplina

538/.720151

Soggetti

Magnetic prospecting

Electromagnetic measurements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to field theory. Differential calculus of vector fields and differential forms -- Foundations of field theory -- Foundations of electromagnetic theory. Electromagnetic field equations -- Models of electromagnetic induction in the earth -- Electromagnetic fields in horizontally stratified media -- Electromagnetic fields in inhomogeneous media -- Inversion and imaging of electromagnetic field data. Principles of ill-posed inverse problem solution -- Electromagnetic inversion -- Electromagnetic migration -- Geophysical electromagnetic methods. Electromagnetic properties of rocks and minerals -- Generation and measurement of electromagnetic fields in geophysical applications -- Direct current and induced polarization methods -- Magnetotelluric and magnetovariational methods -- Electromagnetic methods in the frequency and time domains -- Marine electromagnetic methods -- Airborne electromagnetic methods -- Case histories -- Appendix A. Algebra  of differential forms -- Appendix B. Calculus of differential forms -- Appendix C. Linear operators and their matrices -- Appendix D. Mathematical notations -- Appendix E. Definition of fields and units.