Electrical lithosphere beneath the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Rob L ^a   Jones, Alan G ^b   Garcia, Xavier ^c   Muller, Mark ^b   Hamilton, Mark ^b,d   Evans, Shane ^e,f   Fourie, C J S ^g,h   Spratt, Jessica ^b,i   Webb, Susan ^j   Jelsma, Hielke ^e   Hutchins, Dave ^k  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^d EMGS AS   (Norway)

^e De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^f Box 1184   (Australia)

^g Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^h South African Quality Institute   (South Africa)

ⁱ NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^k GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SLAB; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TERRAIN; XENOLITH;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; KAAPVAAL CRATON; KIMBERLEY [NORTHERN CAPE]; NORTHERN CAPE; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955426798     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007883     Document Type: Article

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