Carpentaria Electrical Conductivity Anomaly, Queensland, as a major structure in the Australian Plate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 372, Issue , 2003, Pages 141-156

  Lilley, F E M ^a   Wang, L J ^b   Chamalaun, F H ^c   Ferguson, I J ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Eromanga Basin; Geomagnetic deep sounding; Magnetotelluric methods; Mt Isa Block; Plate suture

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETISM; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EROMANGA BASIN; GEOMAGNETIC DEEP SOUNDING; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHODS; MT ISA BLOCK;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANOMALY; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUTURE ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84871427645     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2372-8.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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