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Evans, R.L., Constable, S.C., Sinha, M.C., Cox, C.S. and Unsworth, M.J. (1991). Upper crustal resistivity structure of the East Pacific Rise near 13°N. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02305. issn: 0094-8276. |
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An active source electromagnetic (EM) sounding has been conducted on the axis of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) at 13¿ 10'N. 1D inversion and modelling techniques, seeking resistivity as a function of depth, have been applied to 8 Hz amplitude data collected along the ridge crest. Resistivity is seen to increase monotonically betwen 50 m and 1 km below the seafloor increasing from ~1&OHgr; to around 90&OHgr;m. We observed no intrinsic difference in upper crustal resitivity structure between the rise axis and 100 000 year old crust. Inferred surface porosities of 20% are larger than those recorded in 5.9 my old crust in DSDP hole 504B. Our data do not require, and lack sufficient information for, the reliable inclusion of a conductive termination to the model below 1.2 km. |
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Keywords
Exploration Geophysics, Magnetic and electrical methods, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Midocean ridge processes, Electromagnetics, Instrumentation and techniques |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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