title: Electrically Conductive Crust in Southern Tibet from INDEPTH Magnetotelluric Surveying
abstract: The crust north of the Himalaya is generally electrically conductive below depths of 10 to 20 km. This conductive zone approaches the surface beneath the Kangmar dome (dipping north) and extends beneath the Zangbo suture. A profile crossing the northern Yadong-Gulu rift shows that the high conductivity region extends outside the rift, and its top within the rift coincides with a bright spot horizon imaged on the INDEPTH CMP (common midpoint) profiles. The high conductivity of the middle crust is atypical of stable continental regions and suggests that there is a regionally interconnected fluid phase in the crust of the region.
authors.affiliation: Leshou Chen, Wenbo Wei, Handong Tan, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China. J. R. Booker, Nong Wu, M. J. Unsworth, School of Geophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. A. G. Jones, Geological Survey of Canada, 1 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0Y3.
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Booker
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Unsworth
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan