The electrical conductivity of the mantle beneath Europe derived from C-responses from 3 to 720 hr

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-308

  Olsen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; Geomagnetic variation; Mantle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; MANTLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031816378     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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