Subdued state of tectonism of the Great Basin interior relative to its eastern margin based on deep resistivity structure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 41-53

  Wannamaker, Philip E ^a   Doerner, William M ^b   Stodt, John A ^a   Johnston, Jeffery M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Quantec Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Extension tectonics; Fluid phase; Great Basin

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FLUID; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTENSION; LOWER CRUST; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; TECTONICS;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0031448787     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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