Magnetotelluric Measurements in the North German Basin

P111 MAGNETOTELLURIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE NORTH GERMAN BASIN 1 NORBERT HOFFMANN and WOLFGGANG MÜLLER Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Stilleweg 2 30655 Hannover Germany Introduction In the past 20 years the interest in the deep subsurface of the North German basin and its oil and gas potentials has grown considerably. Geophysical studies on the geological-tectonic structure of the deep basin its genesis and development as well as the chronological and spatial distribution of hydrocarbons have primarily concentrated on reflection seismics. However at depths below the prominent Zechstein (Z) base reflector only few structural details can be distinguished. Besides other potential