Crustal resistivity structure at 950′N on the East Pacific Rise: Results of an electromagnetic survey

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Evans, Rob L ^a   Webb, Spahr C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGNETOMETRIC RESISTIVITY; POROSITY CONTROLLED; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATAS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 17144442994     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014106     Document Type: Article

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