Crustal electrical conductivity structure beneath the Yarlung Zangbo Jiang suture in the southern Xizang plateau

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 685-690

  Tan, Han Dong ^a   Wei, Wen Bo ^a   Unsworth, Martyn ^b   Deng, Ming ^a   Jin, Sheng ^a   Booker, John ^c   Jones, Alan ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity structure; Magnetotelluric sounding; Southern Xizang Plateau; Yarlung Zangbo Jiang suture

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GRANITE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 8644221217     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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