A magnetotelluric transect of the Wairarapa region, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-269

  McLoughlin, Chris ^a   Ingham, Malcolm ^a   Whaler, Kathy ^b   McKnight, Don ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hikurangi margin; Magnetotellurics; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSECT;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIRARAPA;

EID: 0036065590     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2002.9514972     Document Type: Article

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