Electrical conductivity of the lithosphere - Implications for the evolution of the fennoscandian shield

Geophysica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-50

  Korja, Toivo ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Fennoscandia; Lithosphere; Lower crust; Precambrian; Terrane boundaries

Indexed keywords

CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; LITHOSPHERE; PRECAMBRIAN; TERRANE BOUNDARY;

EUROPE, FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND;

EID: 0030871061     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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