Geophysical Electromagnetic Theory and Methods

Dr. Michael Zhdanov is a distinguished professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, USA, and the director of the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion (CEMI). He is also the founder and CEO of TechnoImaging LLC. Dr. Zhdanov is a leading expert in the field of theoretical and applied geophysics and is the author of more than 400 papers, including more than 15 monographs published in English, Russian, and Chinese, and holds more than two dozen patents. Professor Zhdanov is a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, USA, and a senior member of IEEE. He received one of the highest awards of the International Society of Exploration Geophysicists, an honorary membership award, in recognition of his distinguished contributions to exploration geophysics and to the advancement of the profession.

• I Introduction to Field Theory1 Differential Calculus of Vector Fields and Differential Forms2 Foundations of Field TheoryII Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory3 Electromagnetic Field Equations4 Models of Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth5 Electromagnetic Fields in Horizontally Stratified Media6 Electromagnetic Fields in Inhomogeneous MediaIII Inversion and Imaging of ElectromagneticField Data7 Principles of Ill-Posed Inverse Problem Solution8 Electromagnetic Inversion9 Electromagnetic MigrationIV Geophysical Electromagneticmethods10 Electromagnetic Properties of Rocks and Minerals11 Generation and Measurement of Electromagnetic Fields in GeophysicalApplications12 Direct Current and Induced Polarization Methods13 Magnetotelluric and Magnetovariational Methods14 Electromagnetic Methods in the Frequency and Time Domains15 Marine Electromagnetic Methods16 Other Platforms, Other MethodologiesA Algebra of Differential FormsB Calculus of Differential FormsC Mathematical NotationsD Definition of Fields and UnitsE Linear Operators and Their Matrices