Direct current electrical potentials in an arbitrarily anisotropic medium

Abstract

In this paper, electrical potential due to a point source in an arbitrarily anisotropic medium is obtained by means of converting the relevant matrix equation into a Poisson's equation through an orthogonal coordinate transformation and a stretching transformation. In a geophysical exploration, depending upon the depth of a mineral deposit (target) from the plane of electrical potential measurements, the effects of electrical anisotropy may result in missing a target.