Magnetotelluric modeling of the deep geological structure of the In Ouzzal granulite unit (Western Hoggar);Modélisation magnétotellurique de la structure géologique profonde de l'unité granulitique de l'In Ouzzal (Hoggar occidental)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 711-722

  Bouzid, Abderrezak ^a,b   Akacem, Nouredine ^a   Hamoudi, Mohamed ^b   Ouzegane, Khadidja ^b   Abtout, Abdeslam ^a   Kienast, Jean Robert ^c  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Archaean; Dome and Basin structure; Greenstone Belt; In Ouzzal Granulitic Unit; IOGU; Magnetotellurics; MT

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORMATION; DOME; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GREENSTONE BELT; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MODELING; SUTURE ZONE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 55449115056     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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