Decomposition analysis of the BEAR magnetotelluric data: Implications for the upper mantle conductivity in the Fennoscandian Shield

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 900-914

  Lahti, Ilkka ^a   Korja, T ^a   Kaikkonen, P ^a   Vaittinen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Continental lithosphere; Decomposition; Electrical conductivity; Fennoscandian Shield; Magnetotelluric array

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; UPPER MANTLE;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA;

COLA ACUMINATA;

EID: 29444447097     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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