Crustal formation and magma genesis beneath Iceland: Magnetotelluric constraints

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 665-686

  Björnsson, Axel ^a   Eysteinsson, Hjalmar ^b   Beblo, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b ICELAND GEOSURVEY   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conductor; Crust; Iceland; Magnetotellurics; Mantle; Melt

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MELTING;

CONDUCTOR; CRUST; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ICELANDS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; JOINT INTERPRETATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MANTLE;

MAGNETOTELLURICS;

COAST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DIKE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ISLAND; MAGMA; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIXING; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE;

ICELAND;

EID: 84874994179     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.665     Document Type: Article

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