Electrical structure of the central Cascadia subduction zone: The EMSLAB Lincoln Line revisited

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 265-274

  Evans, Rob L ^a   Wannamaker, Philip E ^b   McGary, R Shane ^c   Elsenbeck, Jimmy ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WHOI MIT Joint Program in Oceanography   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Earthscope; Electrical resistivity; Magnetotelluric; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CASCADIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EARTHSCOPE; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURIC; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

MAGNETOTELLURICS;

EID: 84922754608     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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