Central Baffin electromagnetic experiment (CBEX): Mapping the North American Central Plains (NACP) conductivity anomaly in the Canadian arctic

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 107-122

  Evans, Shane ^a,e   Jones, Alan G ^b,d   Spratt, Jessica ^c,d   Katsube, John ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Magnetotelluric technique; North American Central Plains conductivity anomaly (NACP); Paleoproterozoic orogeny; Petrophysical conductivity measurements; Trans Hudson orogen

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARID REGIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAPPING; RIVERS; ROCKS;

CENTRAL BAFFIN ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPERIMENT (CBEX); ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES; MAGNETOTELLURIC (MT);

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ANOMALY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTARTE;

EID: 17544368262     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.032     Document Type: Article

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