Crustal structure of the Ruby Mountains and southern Carlin Trend region, Nevada, from magnetotelluric data

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 185-210

  Wannamaker, Philip E ^a   Doerner, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Core complexes; Crustal extension; Electrical resistivity; Magnetotellurics; Mineral trends; Overthrust belts

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURES;

GOLD DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GOLD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THRUST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036888464     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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