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Exploration of resistive targets within shallow marine environments using the circular electrical dipole and the differential electrical dipole methods : A time-domain modelling study. / Haroon, Amir; Mogilatov, Vladimir; Goldman, Mark et al.

In: Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 205, No. 2, 01.05.2016, p. 1032-1048.

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Haroon A, Mogilatov V, Goldman M, Bergers R, Tezkan B. Exploration of resistive targets within shallow marine environments using the circular electrical dipole and the differential electrical dipole methods: A time-domain modelling study. Geophysical Journal International. 2016 May 1;205(2):1032-1048. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw051

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Haroon, Amir ; Mogilatov, Vladimir ; Goldman, Mark et al. / Exploration of resistive targets within shallow marine environments using the circular electrical dipole and the differential electrical dipole methods : A time-domain modelling study. In: Geophysical Journal International. 2016 ; Vol. 205, No. 2. pp. 1032-1048.

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