Magnetotelluric evidence of lithospheric mantle thinning beneath the southern Sierra Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 16241-16255

  Park, Stephen K ^a   Hirasuna, Brian ^a   Jiracek, George R ^b   Kinn, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; PARTIAL MELTING; WATER;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0030485450     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01211     Document Type: Article

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