Geo-electrical responses associated with hydrothermal fluid circulation in oceanic crust: Feasibility of magnetometric and electrical resistivity methods in mapping off-axis convection cells

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Yang, Jianwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geo electrical modelling; Hydrogeological modelling; Magnetometric and electrical resistivity; Sub seafloor hydrothermal convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009396546     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG05281     Document Type: Article

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