Magnetotelluric and Seismicity Studies Along Active Fault Zoness

ISBN-13: 9783659959127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 136 str.

Mahmoud Mekkawi; Pierre-Andre Schnegg; Jean-Rebort Grasso

Opis

The magnetotelluric method is an electromagnetic method which uses measurements of the natural magnetic and electric fields at the surface of the earth to determine the distribution of electric resistivity within the Earth. This property is important in deep structures, petroleum and geothermal exploration. Because electrical resistivity depends directly on: porosity, permeability, pore fluid saturation, temperature and the presence of conducting ore materials such as graphite and sulphides. MT is used to explore the earth's crust and the upper mantle especially in tectonically active regions volcanic and earthquakes.

O autorze

Mr. Mahmoud Mekkawi was born 20-Sept.-1967, Giza-Egypt. He is currently working at the National Research Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy as a Professor in Geophysics (2015). He has a PhD in Geophysics from University of Neuchatel-Switzerland, Institute of Geology (2003). He has published 40 papers in national and international journals.