The geometry of the Iapetus Suture Zone in central Ireland deduced from a magnetotelluric study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Rao, C K ^a   Jones, Alan G ^a   Moorkamp, Max ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Iapetus Suture; Ireland; Magnetotellurics; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRANITE; IRELAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MODEL; IAPETUS SUTURE; MAGNETOTELLURICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

AVALONIA; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAURENTIA; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947501547     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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