Results of magnetotelluric and gravimetric measurements in western Nicaragua, Central America

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 647-658

  Elming, Sten Åke ^a   Rasmussen, Thorkild ^b,c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central America; Chortis block; Gravity; Magnetotellurics; Nicaragua; Pacific Coastal Plain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0030789915     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05326.x     Document Type: Article

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