Structure of the crust in the vicinity of the Banggong-Nujiang suture in central Tibet from INDEPTH magnetotelluric data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Solon, Kurt D ^a,b   Jones, Alan G ^c,d   Nelson, K Douglas ^a   Unsworth, Martyn J ^e   Kidd, William F ^f   Wei, W ^g   Tan, H ^g   Jin, S ^g   Deng, M ^g   Booker, J R ^h   Li, S ^h   Bedrosian, P ^h,i  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 29444455039     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002405     Document Type: Review

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