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Current flow into a three‐dimensionally anisotropic conductor
Author(s) -
Wait James R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs025i005p00689
Subject(s) - conductor , anisotropy , current (fluid) , electrical conductor , planar , flow (mathematics) , depth sounding , homogeneous , point (geometry) , electrical resistivity and conductivity , point source , physics , mechanics , geometry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , optics , computer science , geology , statistical physics , oceanography , computer graphics (images) , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
A point source of direct current, in an anisotropic unbounded homogeneous conductor, is considered. The conductivities in three orthogonal directions are arbitrary. The solution is extended to deal with planar interfaces. Also, the relevance to resistivity sounding of a layered Earth is pointed out.