Crustal magnetic anomaly in the Ordos region and its tectonic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Gao, Guoming ^a   Kang, Guofa ^a   Li, Guangquan ^a   Bai, Chunhua ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bouguer anomaly; Continual model inversion; Crustal magnetic anomaly; Curie surface; Ordos block

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CURIE POINT; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MOHO; SEISMICITY;

CHINA; ORDOS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84956605926     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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