A semi-global reference model for electrical conductivity in the mid-mantle beneath the North Pacific region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Utada, H ^a   Koyama, T ^a,b   Shimizu, H ^c   Chave, A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; SEISMOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOMAGNETISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038504720     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016092     Document Type: Article

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