A short electromagnetic profile across the Kane Oceanic Core Complex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Evans, Rob L ^a   Escartín, Javier ^b   Cannat, Mathilde ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; LATERAL GRADIENT; MANTLE ROCKS; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW STRUCTURE; SHARP TRANSITION;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GABBRO; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINE;

EID: 77955746257     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043813     Document Type: Article

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