The electrical resistivity structure of the crust beneath the northern Main Ethiopian Rift

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 259, Issue , 2006, Pages 293-305

  Whaler, Kathy A ^a   Hautot, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745772635     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.259.01.22     Document Type: Article

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