Electrical conductivity images of Quaternary faults and Tertiary detachments in the California Basin and Range

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Park, Stephen K ^a   Wernicke, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Death Valley; Detachment faults; Magnetotellurics

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAULT; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONOPHYSICS;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344667712     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001324     Document Type: Article

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