Deep electrical resistivity structure of northwestern Costa Rica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Brasse, H ^a   Kapinos, G ^a   Mutschard L ^a   Alvarado, G E ^b   Worzewski, T ^c   Jegen, M ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

BACK ARCS; BACK-ARC BASINS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; COSTA RICA; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DATA IMAGES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; FLUID DISTRIBUTIONS; FOREARC; GAIN INSIGHTS; MAGNETOTELLURIC; PACIFIC OCEANS; POOR CONDUCTORS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; UPPER MANTLES; VOLCANIC ARCS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CARIBBEAN PLATE; COASTAL ZONE; COCOS PLATE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA];

EID: 62749096651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036397     Document Type: Article

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