Coincident magnetotelluric, P-wave and S-wave images of the deep continental crust beneath the Weardale granite, NE England: Seismic layering, low conductance and implications against the fluids paradigm

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 419-434

  Simpson, F ^a,b   Warner, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep seismic reflection; Electrical conductivity; Lower crust; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURICS; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0031867871     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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