Imaging the continental upper mantle using electromagnetic methods

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 57-80

  Jones, Alan G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Mantle anisotropy; Upper mantle property

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0033375603     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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