A high-resolution magnetotelluric survey of the Iapetus suture zone in southwest Scotland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 548-568

  Tauber, Sebastian ^a   Banks, Roger ^a   Ritter, Oliver ^b   Weckmann, Ute ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic survey; Magnetotellurics; Magnetovariation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IAPETUS OCEAN; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SUTURE ZONE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037832446     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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