An overview of electrical conductivity structures of the crust and upper mantle beneath the northwestern Pacific, the Japanese Islands, and continental East Asia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 545-562

  Ichiki, M ^a   Baba, K ^b   Toh, H ^c   Fuji ta, K ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Lithosphere; Mantle transition zone; Melt; Subduction zone; Water

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; UPPER MANTLE;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 69749105616     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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