Revised 1-D mantle electrical conductivity structure beneath the north Pacific

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1030-1048

  Shimizu, Hisayoshi ^a   Koyama, Takao ^a   Baba, Kiyoshi ^a   Utada, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composition of the mantle; Electrical properties; Geomagnetic induction

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RINGWOODITE; TRANSITION ZONE; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WADSLEYITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77949927831     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04466.x     Document Type: Article

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