3D modelling of electrical anisotropy from electromagnetic array data: Hypothesis testing for different upper mantle conduction mechanisms

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-242

  Gatzemeier, A ^a,b   Moorkamp, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Array measurements; Conduction mechanism; Electrical anisotropy; Magnetotellurics; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; OLIVINE; SEISMOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 14944385879     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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