A three-dimensional magnetotelluric investigation of the California Basin and Range

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 16221-16239

  Mackie, Randall L ^a   Madden, Theodore R ^b   Park, Stephen K ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0030499323     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01276     Document Type: Article

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