Partial melting below the magmatic arc in the central Andes deduced from geoelectromagnetic field experiments and laboratory data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-31

  Schilling, Frank R ^a   Partzsch, Georg M ^a   Brasse, Heinrich ^a   Schwarz, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic deep sounding; High conductivity zone; Magmatic arc; Magnetotelluric; Northern Chile

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; MAGMATIC ARC; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; PARTIAL MELTING;

CHILE, ANDES;

EID: 0031407643     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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