Conductivity structure and rheological property of lithosphere in Southern Tibet inferred from super-broadband magnetotelluric sounding

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-202

  Wei, Wen Bo ^a,b,c   Jin, Sheng ^a,c   Ye, Gao Feng ^a,c   Deng, Ming ^a,c   Jing, Jian En ^a,c   Unsworth, Martyn ^d   Jones, Alan G ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crust; Electrical conductivity; Rheological property; Southern Tibet; Super broadband magnetotelluric sounding

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURES; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; FLOW CONDITION; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIMALAYAS; HOT FLUIDS; LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDINGS; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; PETROPHYSICS; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; RESEARCH AREAS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; SOUTHERN TIBET; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUDIOMAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77950458819     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0001-7     Document Type: Article

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