Laboratory derived constraints on electrical conductivity beneath Slave craton

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Bagdassarov, Nikolai S ^a   Kopylova, Maya G ^b   Eichert, Sandrine ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Craton; Electrical conductivity; Magneto telluric response; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

MAGNETO-TELLURIC RESPONSE; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; PISTON-CYLINDER APPARATUS; SLAVE CRATON;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRATON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; XENOLITH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 33947534455     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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