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Utada et al. 2003
Utada, H., Koyama, T., Shimizu, H. and Chave, A.D. (2003). A semi-global reference model for electrical conductivity in the mid-mantle beneath the north Pacific region. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL016092. issn: 0094-8276.

One-dimensional electrical conductivity structure in the mid-mantle of the one-fourth of the Earth beneath the north Pacific Ocean was obtained by a semi-global electromagnetic induction study. Electromagnetic response functions estimated from electric field variations measured by submarine cables and geomagnetic field variations obtained by magnetic observatories and long-term observations sites were inverted into radially symmetric conductivity distribution by taking the distribution of land and ocean at the surface into account. As a most preferred model, a smooth conductivity-depth profile was obtained with two abrupt increases that possibly correspond to the seismic discontinuities at 410 and 660 km.

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Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Geomagnetic induction, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geomagnetism, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Physical Properties of Rocks, Magnetic and electrical properties, Information Related to Geographic Region, Pacific Ocean
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Geophysical Research Letters
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