3-D magnetotelluric inversion and model validation with gravity data for the investigation of flood basalts and associated volcanic rifted margins

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1418-1430

  Hautot, S ^a,e   Single, R T ^b,d   Watson, J ^c   Harrop, N ^c   Jerram, D A ^d   Tarits, P ^a   Whaler, K ^e   Dawes, G ^e  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c ARK Geophysics   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D inversion; Gravity; Magnetotellurics; Rifted margin

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; FLOOD BASALT; GRAVITY FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34548128896     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03453.x     Document Type: Article

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