VARNET MT: Interpretation of magnetotelluric data over the Killarney-Mallow Fault Zone in south-west Ireland

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn , Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Brown, C ^a   Denny, P ^a   Haak, V ^b   Bruton, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

IRELAND; KILLARNEY-MALLOW FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0038250249     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/ijes.2003.21.1.1     Document Type: Article

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