04.08.2013 Views

P. Schmoldt, PhD - MTNet - DIAS

P. Schmoldt, PhD - MTNet - DIAS

P. Schmoldt, PhD - MTNet - DIAS

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

List of Symbols<br />

Below is a list of symbols and nomenclature used within this thesis and their meanings as<br />

well as their SI units. Vectors are denoted by aan arrow, whereas matrices / tensors are<br />

indicated by bold font.<br />

Symbol SI unit Denotation<br />

α · current channelling number<br />

αp · Caldwell parameter (coordinate dependent)<br />

B V s<br />

nT or T = m2 c<br />

C<br />

8 m<br />

2.99792458 · 10 s<br />

·<br />

magnetic field<br />

speed of light<br />

distortion tensor<br />

cxx, cxy, cyx, cyy · elements of C in Cartesian coordinates<br />

Cxy · coherence between elements x and y<br />

D<br />

As<br />

m2 DΦ ·<br />

electric displacement field<br />

distortion of the electric field<br />

Dperm · deviation from true apparent resistivity due to<br />

negligence of the permittivity influence<br />

D1 Ωm difference of diagonal elements (of the<br />

D2 Ωm<br />

impedance tensor)<br />

difference of off-diagonal elements / anti-trace<br />

(of the impedance tensor)<br />

d Ωm or log(Ωm) observed (magnetotelluric) data<br />

δs m (or km) skin depth<br />

E<br />

Ex, Ey, Ez<br />

eD<br />

V<br />

m<br />

V<br />

m<br />

·<br />

electric field<br />

elements of E in Cartesian coordinates<br />

telluric shear distortion<br />

Continued on Next Page. . .<br />

xxiii

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!