Lithospheric heterogeneity in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan imaged by magnetotelluric studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Bielinski, Robert A ^c   Park, Stephen K ^c   Rybin, Anatoly ^a   Batalev, Vlad ^a   Jun, Shen ^b   Sears, Clayton ^c  

^a IVTRAN   (Russian Federation)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOSPHERES; DEPTH RANGE; KAZAKHSTAN; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDIES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; WESTERN CHINA;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOTELLURICS;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

CHINA; KAZAKHSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0242368875     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017455     Document Type: Article

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