Electrical conductivity anomalies beneath the western sea of Kyushu, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1551-1554

  Shimoizumi, M ^a   Mogi, T ^b   Nakada, M ^b   Yukutake, T ^b   Handa, S ^c   Tanaka, Y ^d   Utada, H ^e  

^a Kitakyushu Polytechnic College   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOMAGNETIC DEPTH SOUNDINGS; HIGHLY CONDUCTING LAYERS; JAPAN; WESTERN SEA;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ANOMALIES; BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; CONDUCTIVITY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC EXPLORATION;

EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN, KYUSHU;

CONDUCTING LAYERS; CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURES; EAST CHINA SEA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC DEPTH SOUNDINGS; GEOMAGNETIC VARIATION; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MODEL CALCULATIONS;

EID: 0031180149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01542     Document Type: Article

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