Mapping the Carpentaria conductivity anomaly in northern Australia

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 105-115

  Chamalaun, F H ^a   Lilley, F E M ^b   Wang, L J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carpentaria; Electrical conductivity anomaly; Magnetometer arrays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MAGNETOMETER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033380306     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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