Delineating mineralization and imaging the regional structure with magnetotellurics in the region of Chibougamau (Canada)

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 730-748

  Chouteau, Michel ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Dion, Denis J ^b   Giroux, Bernard ^a   Morin, Rémy ^b   Krivochieva, Stefka ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MAGNETOTELLURICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TENSORS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GRAPHITE; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; SULFIDE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; DISTORTION ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDINGS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; RESISTIVITY CHANGES; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION;

MINERALOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

MINERALIZATION; TENSOR MAGNETOTELLURIC (MT) SOUNDING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULPHIDE;

CANADA, QUEBEC, CHIBOUGAMANU;

EID: 0031144866     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444183     Document Type: Article

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