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Geoelectromagnetic variations over a sloping ocean floor up to and including the coastline

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The electric and magnetic field variations over an arbitrarily sloping ocean floor are represented in series of Bessel functions forH-polarized uniform plane wave excitation. Calculation of the spatial variations of electric eurrents and apparent resistivity near a coastline will determine the usefulness of the magnetotelluric method in this application.

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    James N. Towle

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Towle, J.N. Geoelectromagnetic variations over a sloping ocean floor up to and including the coastline. PAGEOPH 109, 1796–1809 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876106

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