Lithospheric characterization of the Central Pyrenees based on new magnetotelluric data

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Campanyà, Joan ^a   Ledo, Juanjo ^a   Queralt, Pilar ^a   Marcuello, Alex ^a   Liesa, Montserrat ^a   Muñoz, Josep A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EURASIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION;

PYRENEES;

EID: 79955593151     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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