Magnetotelluric imaging of upper-crustal convection plumes beneath the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bertrand, E A ^a   Caldwell, T G ^a   Hill, G J ^a   Wallin, E L ^a,b   Bennie, S L ^a   Cozens, N ^a,c   Onacha, S A ^d   Ryan, G A ^d   Walter, C ^d   Zaino, A ^d   Wameyo, P ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Technical and Farm Services TB Free New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETOTELLURICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANOES;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; HEAT SOURCES; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; INVERSION MODELS; MAGNETOTELLURIC IMAGING; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRITTLE MEDIUM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER CRUST;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84856185048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050177     Document Type: Article

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