Geoelectric crustal structures off the SW border of the São Francisco craton, central Brazil, as inferred from a magnetotelluric survey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 357-370

  Bologna, Maurício S ^a   Padilha, Antonio L ^a   Vitorello, Ícaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alto Parana ba igneous province; Central Brazil; Crustal structure; Electrical anisotropy; Magnetotellurics; S o Francisco craton

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744509674     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02643.x     Document Type: Review

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