A magnetotelluric study of Mount Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 887-904

  Ingham, M R ^a   Bibby, H M ^b   Heise, W ^c   Jones, K A ^a   Cairns, P ^a   Dravitzki, S ^a   Bennie, S L ^b   Caldwell, T G ^b   Ogawa, Y ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic induction; Magnetotelluric; Remote sensing of volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ISLAND ARC; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; VISUALIZATION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 70350366239     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04317.x     Document Type: Article

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