Crustal structure of the India-Asia collision zone, southern Tibet, from INDEPTH MT investigations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 227-237

  Spratt, Jessica E ^a,b,d   Jones, Alan G ^a,b,d   Nelson, K Douglas ^a   Unsworth, Martyn J ^c   Wei, W ^e   Tan, H ^e   Jin, S ^e   Deng, M ^e   Booker, J R ^f   Li, S ^f   Bedrosian, P ^f,g  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; INDEPTH; India Asia collision; Magnetotelluric technique; Tethyan closure; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; DATASETS; HIMALAYA-TIBET REGION; MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEYING;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 20244385576     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.035     Document Type: Article

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