Mantle heterogeneity beneath eastern California from magnetotelluric measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Park, Stephen K ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Death Valley; Electrical conductivity; Magnetotelluric method; Petrology; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; PETROLOGY; XENOLITH;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10044233031     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002948     Document Type: Article

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