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Two-dimensional magnetotelluric model of deep resistivity structure in the Bodie-Aurora district of California

Open-File Report 2006-1060
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061060

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Abstract

Introduction: Magnetotelluric data were acquired during October 2001 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of a study to examine the structural nature of basins in the transition zone between the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and the Basin and Range province of Nevada. Magnetotelluric (MT) geophysical studies assist the mapping of geologic structure and the inference of lithologic packages that are concealed beneath the Earth's surface. The Basin and Range province has a complicated geologic history, which includes extension and compression of the Earth's crust to form the basins and ranges that blanket much of Nevada. The basins and ranges in the vicinity of this study trend northeastward and are bounded by steeply dipping strike slip faults. Interestingly, deep east-west magnetic trends occur in the aeromagnetic data of this study area indicating that the northeast-trending basins and ranges represent only thin-skinned deformation at the surface with an underlying east-west structure. To investigate this issue, MT data were acquired at seven stations in eastern California, 20 km east of Mono Lake. The purpose of this report is to present a two-dimensional apparent resistivity model of the MT data acquired for this study.

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Sampson, J.A., 2006, Two-dimensional magnetotelluric model of deep resistivity structure in the Bodie-Aurora district of California (Online only, Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1060, 98 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061060.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Two-dimensional magnetotelluric model of deep resistivity structure in the Bodie-Aurora district of California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2006-1060
DOI 10.3133/ofr20061060
Edition Online only, Version 1.0
Year Published 2006
Language ENGLISH
Description 98 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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