Electromagnetic imaging of Variscan crustal structures in SW Iberia: The role of interconnected graphite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 435-450

  Pous, Jaume ^a   Munoz, Gerard ^a   Heise, Wiebke ^a   Melgarejo, Joan Carles ^a   Quesada, Cecilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Graphite; Magnetotellurics; SW Iberia; Transpressive orogen; Variscan

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GRAPHITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; TRANSPRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642422732     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00612-5     Document Type: Article

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