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There is a low electrical resistivity basement underneath all six stations. The conductive basement under the four western most stations has a resistivity of about 1Ω · m and is located at a depth of 4±0.5 km. Just east of the river, the conductive basement. has about the same resistivity as that to the west but at a depth of about 8±1 km. Below the most eastern station, the resistivity of the conductive basement is about 4Ω · m and about 2 km deep. 2. There is an electrical anomaly between the four western most stations and the station east of the river. This may be a consequence of the Purcell Trench Fault; in other words, this nearly-vertical fault may be just east of the river where a geological contact exists.","abstract_html":"In October of 1988, magnetotelluric data in a frequency band 0.001 to 100 Hz were recorded from six diamond necklace array stations along a 30 km profile crossing the Kootenay River in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Four stations are on the west side of the river, equally separated by 1 km; a fifth station is about 5 km east of the river; the sixth station is about 25 km east of the river. These data have been modelled by both one dimensional inverse techniques and two-dimensional forward fitting. The results indicate the following: 1. There is a low electrical resistivity basement underneath all six stations. The conductive basement under the four western most stations has a resistivity of about 1Ω · m and is located at a depth of 4±0.5 km. Just east of the river, the conductive basement. has about the same resistivity as that to the west but at a depth of about 8±1 km. Below the most eastern station, the resistivity of the conductive basement is about 4Ω · m and about 2 km deep. 2. There is an electrical anomaly between the four western most stations and the station east of the river. This may be a consequence of the Purcell Trench Fault; in other words, this nearly-vertical fault may be just east of the river where a geological contact exists.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Chen, Kerhong"],"institution":"University of Saskatchewan","degree_name":"Master of Science (M.Sc.)","degree_level":"Masters","degree_discipline":"Physics","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Paulson, K.V."],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1991,"date_issued":"1991-08","date_published":"1991-08","updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:27:06Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en_US"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07062012-140756","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Paulson, K.V."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Chen, Kerhong"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2012-07-06T14:07:56Z","2013-01-04T04:42:39Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2013-07-06T08:00:00Z","2013-01-04T04:42:39Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1991-08"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Physics"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science (M.Sc.)"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Saskatchewan"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en_US"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07062012-140756"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["In October of 1988, magnetotelluric data in a frequency band 0.001 to 100 Hz were recorded from six diamond necklace array stations along a 30 km profile crossing the Kootenay River in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Four stations are on the west side of the river, equally separated by 1 km; a fifth station is about 5 km east of the river; the sixth station is about 25 km east of the river. These data have been modelled by both one dimensional inverse techniques and two-dimensional forward fitting. The results indicate the following: 1. There is a low electrical resistivity basement underneath all six stations. The conductive basement under the four western most stations has a resistivity of about 1Ω · m and is located at a depth of 4±0.5 km. Just east of the river, the conductive basement. has about the same resistivity as that to the west but at a depth of about 8±1 km. Below the most eastern station, the resistivity of the conductive basement is about 4Ω · m and about 2 km deep. 2. There is an electrical anomaly between the four western most stations and the station east of the river. 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