The Longest Conductivity Anomaly in the World Explained: Sulphides in Fold Hinges Causing Very High Electrical Anisotropy

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 49, Issue 42686, 1997, Pages 1619-1629

  Jones, Alan G ^a   Katsube, T J ^a   Schwann, Pamela ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Box 5000   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY ANOMALY; SULPHIDE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031403983     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.49.1619     Document Type: Article

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