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Geoelectric section of the Central Tien Shan: Analysis of magnetotelluric and magnetovariational responses along the Naryn geotraverse

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During the past two decades, at the Research station (Bishkek) more than a hundred magnetotelluric and magnetovariational soundings were carried out on the Naryn geotraverse that intersects the Tien Shan region from Lake Balkhash to the Tarim Basin along the 76° E meridian. Integration and complex interpretation of the data of these soundings with improved resolution and reliability of the geoelectric model of the Central Tien Shan section became an urgent challenge. Our paper presents a complex of methods for processing and invariant analysis of the electromagnetic data developed for the solution of this problem. Its application allowed us to validate the choice of the 2D interpretation model for the Naryn Line and to form the adequate ensemble of the data to be inverted. The developed approaches will also be useful in similar studies in the other mountain regions.

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  1. Geological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    M. N. Berdichevsky, N. S. Golubtsova & P. Yu. Pushkarev

  2. Geoelectromagnetic Research Centre, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth (IPE), Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142092, Russia

    E. Yu. Sokolova, Iv. M. Varentsov & N. V. Baglaenko

  3. Research Station Bishkek, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    A. K. Rybin, V. Yu. Batalev & V. E. Matyukov

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Original Russian Text © M.N. Berdichevskii, E.Yu. Sokolova, Iv.M. Varentsov, A.K. Rybin, N.V. Baglaenko, V.Yu. Batalev, N.S. Golubtsova, V.E. Matyukov,P.Yu. Pushkarev, 2010, published in Fizika Zemli, 2010, No. 8, pp. 36–53.

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Berdichevsky, M.N., Sokolova, E.Y., Varentsov, I.M. et al. Geoelectric section of the Central Tien Shan: Analysis of magnetotelluric and magnetovariational responses along the Naryn geotraverse. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 46, 679–697 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351310080057

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