A magnetotelluric study of the Damara Belt in Namibia 1. Regional scale conductivity anomalies

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-90

  Ritter, Oliver ^a   Weckmann, Ute ^a   Vietor, Tim ^a   Haak, Volker ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damara mobile belt; Magnetotellurics; Namibia; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SHEAR ZONE;

DAMARA BELT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 0042265684     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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