Electrical resistivity structure of the Xiaojiang strike-slip fault system (SW China) and its tectonic implications

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 176; pp. 57 - 67
• Main Authors: Li, Xin, Bai, Denghai, Ma, Xiaobing, Chen, Yun, Varentsov, Ivan M., Xue, Guoqiang, Xue, Shuai, Lozovsky, Ilya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Deformation mechanism; Electrical resistivity structure; Magnetotellurics; Southeastern Tibet; Xiaojiang strike-slip fault system; Magnetotellurics; Southeastern Tibet; Electrical resistivity structure; Deformation mechanism; Xiaojiang strike-slip fault system

[Display omitted] •Magnetotelluric images were obtained across the Xiaojiang fault system (XJFS).•Fluid-based fault zone conductors divide the resistive upper crust into fault-parallel blocks.•Lower crustal conductors may be associated with shear-enhanced partial melting.•A dynamic model is proposed...