The Bolivian Altiplano conductivity anomaly

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Brasse, Heinrich ^a   Lezaeta, Pamela ^a,b   Rath, Volker ^a,c   Schwalenberg, Katrin ^d,e   Soyer, Wolfgang ^a   Haak, Volker ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 D inversion; Andes; Bolivia; Chile; Magnetotellurics; Partial melts

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; CHILE;

EID: 17344392320     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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