Resistivity and heterogeneity of Earth crust in an active tectonic region, Southern Tuscany (Italy)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Manzella, Adele ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal exploration; Geothermal areas; Magnetotellurics; Southern Tuscany

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HEAT FLOW; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 4344634795     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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