Experimental assessment of the relationships between electrical resistivity, crustal melting and strain localization beneath the Himalayan-Tibetan Belt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-30

  Hashim, Leïla ^a,b   Gaillard, Fabrice ^a,b   Champallier, Rémi ^a,b   Le Breton, Nicole ^a,b   Arbaret, Laurent ^a,b   Scaillet, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Partial melting; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTIALLY MOLTEN ROCKS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICA; SEISMOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

MELTING;

DEHYDRATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; METAPELITE; MOUNTAIN; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC PROPERTY; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84878358400     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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