Magnetotellurics
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Commercial applications
- Hydrocarbon exploration
- Mining exploration
- Geothermal exploration
- Other
- Research applications
- Crust and mantle
- Earthquake precursor prediction
- Theory and practice
- Energy sources
- Depth and resolution
- Signal strength and recording times
- 2D and 3D magnetotellurics
- Variants
- Audio-magnetotellurics
- Controlled source electromagnetics
- Exploration surveys
- Remote reference soundings
- Equipment
- Data processing and interpretation
- Instrument and sensor manufacturers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Magnetotelluric station
Magnetotellurics (MT) is an electromagnetic geophysical method for inferring the earth's subsurface electrical conductivity from measurements of natural geomagnetic and geoelectric field variation at the Earth's surface.
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